Patent ID: 8239868

Claim:
A computer system for performing grid computing with a plurality of computers connected through a network, the computer system comprising: a center server for requesting the plurality of computers on the network to execute a job; and a process server, which is one of the plurality of computers, for executing the job in response to a request from the center server; wherein the center server comprises: a scheduler section which assigns the job to be executed to the process server and issues a job execution request; and an agent section which manages information about the process server, receives the job execution request issued by the scheduler section, and sends the job execution request to the process server to which the requested job has been assigned, in a manner selected to accommodate an access type of the process server; wherein the system comprises a plurality of process servers, and each of the plurality of process servers is provided with a separate agent section, and the plurality of process servers includes at least one server with a polling access type and at least one server with a push access type.