Abstract: When plural processing programs for generating post-processing data which is a source of services to be provided are present, a relationship between post-processing data and a data group which is a source of the post-processing data is managed. The processing units acquire pre-processing data, execute given processing, and generate post-processing data as a result of the processing. At an opportunity to acquire the pre-processing data, a process ID indicative of ordering of the acquisition, and not updated before and after the given processing is allocated to acquired pre-processing data. The generated post-processing data is stored, and in extracting the post-processing data satisfying the given data search condition, the post-processing data having a process ID equal to or before the process ID that is latest in the post-processing data and oldest among the respective processing units is extracted from the post-processing data that satisfies the data search condition.

Abstract: A search device receives a search request, extracts at least one of an alias or a metadata name from the search request, converts the alias to metadata name by referring to metadata schema management information for managing in an inclusive manner a namespace alias and a metadata name for the retrieval device to identify a metadata schema definition defining the structure of a retrieval-target file that includes metadata, and specifies a field name from the metadata name by referring to schema mapping management information for managing the corresponding relationship between a metadata name of metadata schema definition information and a field name of the retrieval index schema definition.

Abstract: The server device includes: an allocation unit for allocating a unique identifier to each of first data and second data; a management unit for managing a correspondence between the identifier and a method for accessing the first data or second data identified by the identifier; a presentation unit for presenting the identifier managed by the management unit to the client device; a conversion unit for converting an identifier-specifying request for access to the first data or second data from the client device into a method for accessing the first data or second data corresponding to the identifier using an access method associated by the management unit with the identifier; and a data access unit for requesting access to the first data or second data using the access method converted to by the conversion unit, and sending an access result to the client device.

Abstract: A search server for which data stored in a hierarchical control server utilizing a plurality of storage devices is the object of a search, wherein the search server is designed to update a search index to data while the data exists in an upper-hierarchy storage of the hierarchical control server. Included in a computer system are: a storage unit for storing the usage status of an upper-hierarchy storage area of a hierarchical storage having the upper-hierarchy storage area and a lower-hierarchy storage area; and a determination unit for determining, according to the stored usage status, which process should be given priority between an indexing process for data that is an index-updating candidate among data stored in the hierarchical storage, or a migration process for moving the data to the lower-hierarchy storage area.

Abstract: A first storage apparatus determines whether to execute bulk requesting of causing a second storage apparatus to group a plurality of actual files corresponding to a plurality of stub files into one bulk data and transmit the bulk data. When determining to execute the bulk requesting in the determination, the first storage apparatus transmits a bulk request to the second storage apparatus. The second storage apparatus that has received the bulk request groups a plurality of actual files into one bulk data based on the bulk request, and transmits the bulk request to the first storage apparatus. The first storage apparatus that has received the bulk data extracts the plurality of actual files corresponding to a plurality of stub files, from the bulk data.

Abstract: A first storage apparatus determines whether to execute bulk requesting of causing a second storage apparatus to group a plurality of actual files corresponding to a plurality of stub files into one bulk data and transmit the bulk data. When determining to execute the bulk requesting in the determination, the first storage apparatus transmits a bulk request to the second storage apparatus. The second storage apparatus that has received the bulk request groups a plurality of actual files into one bulk data based on the bulk request, and transmits the bulk request to the first storage apparatus. The first storage apparatus that has received the bulk data extracts the plurality of actual files corresponding to a plurality of stub files, from the bulk data.

Abstract: A search system using a table search server and a file search server as transmission destination candidates for search queries, wherein search speed is assumed to be higher for a search in the form of file data than for table data, the table data is converted to file data and stored in the file search server. Created are a search query history management table for accumulating and depositing search query history, and a characteristic determination rule management table for managing the rules of determining that the search speed is higher for a search made in the form of file data than for table data. The search system applies the characteristic determination rules to the search query history and specifies the table data. The search system acquires the specified table data from the table search server, converts the data to file data, and stores the data in the file search server.

Abstract: A computer system, comprising: a file server; a metadata server; and a business server, the metadata server being coupled to a storage apparatus for providing a save area for storing at least one file that is removed from the file server, the metadata server storing a metadata repository for managing metadata of a file and the files stored in the save area, the metadata server being configured to: store a file as a saved file in the save area, in a case of detecting that the file stored in the file server is to be removed; and store information indicating a location of the file in the file server and information indicating the location of the saved file in the save area in association with each other in the metadata repository.

Abstract: A data management apparatus includes a storage unit which stores a first database for retaining structured data in which a plurality of data features are structured based on attributes and attribute values, and a second database for retaining unstructured data in file units, and a control unit which combines the structured data and the unstructured data and manages the combination as virtual structured data which is accessed during an execution of a search query to the second database, uses attribute values of virtual attributes of the virtual structured data as values that were extracted from files of the second database based on predetermined information extraction rules, and updates the attribute values of the virtual attributes of the virtual structured data when the files of the second database including the unstructured data are updated.

Abstract: If a failure occurs in physical resources constituting a virtual volume, a management server device is notified of information required by a user.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for realizing both the operation of archive and sharing of contents capable of maintaining a privacy policy of critical data. In order to realize the system, a disclosure condition to a data reference destination and a data conversion method of the file data are designated, and only the file data matching the disclosure condition is provided to the data reference destination by anonymizing the file data via the data conversion method. When the disclosure condition or the data conversion method is changed, an already disclosed file data is deleted, or replaced with the file data subjected to data conversion after the change.

Abstract: A file storage stores a client file (a file from a client) in a first file system (FS), stores metadata of the client file in a backup file in a second FS, and backs up the backup file to the first FS at a backup process start time. The file storage creates consistency file management information specifying a backup file having been backed up and a client file at that time point, acquires, when a file specified by the consistency file management information is transmitted to an archive storage apparatus, data identification information for identifying the transmitted file in the archive storage apparatus, and associates the data identification information with the transmitted file.

Abstract: A second storage unit stores a first piece of data and second pieces of data. Each of first storage units holds configuration information indicating association between the first piece of data and the second pieces of data associated by first computers. Each of the first computers receives a second piece of data and register information of the received second piece of data in the configuration information, instructs a second computer to store the received second piece of data in association with the first piece of data, and identifies a second piece of data to be acquired from the second computer based on the configuration information in acquiring the second piece of data. The second computer, in accordance with instructions from the first computers, stores the second pieces of data in the second storage unit in association with the first piece of data.

Abstract: A progress status management system comprises a management target system configured to execute a series of processes to the file, which includes a plurality of process units configured to execute a process to a file, and a progress status management unit configured to manage a progress status of a process executed by the process unit included at the management target system. The progress status management unit, in a case of acquiring the first identification information of a file in a first process unit, acquires the first identification information of the file in the second process unit, and links the acquired first identification information in the first process unit and the acquired first identification information in the second process unit to the same second identification information.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to manage correspondence between data having different schemas stored in process servers, data warehouses, or the like in the computer system having a complicated modularity configuration in an integrated manner.

Abstract: A computer system including a shared file server manages the access to file data for performing access to the file data accurately and efficiently. This computer includes a plurality of first name spaces to which is assigned an access path to data stored in a storage area, and a name space to which is assigned a path corresponding to the access path and which is different from the first name spaces. When the access paths generated in different first name spaces are the same, the corresponding paths which correspond to the same access paths are changed into mutually different paths. Moreover, by assigning a path corresponding to the data to be analyzed, it is possible to efficiently access the requested data among a large amount of data. In addition, the sorting of the corresponding paths is changed according to the load of the computer storing the data.

Abstract: A data processing system holds metadata extraction dictionary information defining a condition for extracting metadata from a plurality of kinds of data and relevance dictionary information defining a condition for associating the metadata extracted from the plurality of kinds of data, extracts the metadata from the plurality of kinds of data on the basis of the metadata extraction dictionary information, extracts metadata from inputted data, associates the metadata extracted from the inputted data with the metadata extracted from the plurality of kinds of data on the basis of the relevance dictionary information, and outputs information indicating a relation of any combination of the plurality of kinds of data, the inputted data, and the metadata extracted from the plurality of kinds of data and the inputted data on the basis of a result of the association.

Abstract: A search server for which data stored in a hierarchical control server utilizing a plurality of storage devices is the object of a search, wherein the search server is designed to update a search index to data while the data exists in an upper-hierarchy storage of the hierarchical control server. Included in a computer system are: a storage unit for storing the usage status of an upper-hierarchy storage area of a hierarchical storage having the upper-hierarchy storage area and a lower-hierarchy storage area; and a determination unit for determining, according to the stored usage status, which process should be given priority between an indexing process for data that is an index-updating candidate among data stored in the hierarchical storage, or a migration process for moving the data to the lower-hierarchy storage area.

Abstract: Replication is performed with consideration of data integrity between each subsystem when replication of a computer system that uses data by processing data and transferring the data to a next subsystem is performed.

Abstract: A search device receives a search request, extracts at least one of an alias or a metadata name from the search request, converts the alias to metadata name by referring to metadata schema management information for managing in an inclusive manner a namespace alias and a metadata name for the retrieval device to identify a metadata schema definition defining the structure of a retrieval-target file that includes metadata, and specifies a field name from the metadata name by referring to schema mapping management information for managing the corresponding relationship between a metadata name of metadata schema definition information and a field name of the retrieval index schema definition.