Patent ID: 8700573

Claim:
A system comprising: a first file server configured to manage a plurality of files and be dedicated to receive an access request with a path which designates one of the files therein, a second file server configured to manage a plurality of files and dedicated to receive an access request with a global identifier independent of file location which designates one of the files therein, the second file server being coupled to the first file server and a client, a file management device for migrating the files in the first file server to the second file server, the file management device being coupled to the first and the second file server, and the client, wherein, the file management device is configured to, in advance of the migration, obtain paths of the files in the first file server, generate a global identifier for each of the files in the first file server, send registration requests with the generated global identifiers and to obtain locations of the files in the first file server to the second file server, and send the generated global identifiers to the client, wherein, the second file server is configured to, in response to the registration request, store information which indicates corresponding relationship between each of the global identifiers and each of the paths of the files in the first file server, wherein, the client is configured to, send a read request with the global identifier obtained by the first file server, and wherein the client is configured to read a file having migrated from a path of the first file server to the second file server, wherein, the second file server is configured to, in response to the read request with a global identifier from the client, determine whether a file designated by the global identifier exists in the first file server or the second file server based on the information, and if the designated file exists in the first file server, obtain a path corresponding to the designated global identifier from the information, send a read request with the corresponding paths to the first file server, and send the received file to the client.