Patent ID: 8589551

Claim:
A multiprocessor computer comprising: a multiprocessor including a first processor and a second processor, each having local memory and operating independently; and a network communication unit operative to transmit and to receive data to and from a computer on a network, wherein the multiprocessor includes: the first processor operative to bring a resource manager into operation, the resource manager is loaded in the local memory for receiving hardware resource information that can be provided from a computer on a network via a network, for managing the hardware resource information, and for providing the hardware resource being managed when a request for use of the hardware resource is received; and the second processor operative to bring a resource scheduler into operation independently from the operation of the resource manager, the resource scheduler is loaded in the local memory for receiving a request for use of a hardware resource from a computer on a network, for managing the request for use of a hardware resource, and for allocating a hardware resource provided by the resource manager as a mediator in response to the request for use of the hardware resource, wherein the resource manager has a resource management table for managing hardware resources that can be provided from a computer on the network via the network, and a manager management table for managing one or more other resource managers operating on the network, the resource manager generating resource amount information that indicates an amount of resources managed in the resource management table and exchanging the resource amount information with the one or more other resource managers managed in the manager management table.