Abstract: A storage system includes a storage unit and a control unit. Data is stored in the storage unit. The control unit performs replication of data that is updated, based on the frequency with which the data is updated. The control unit may include a frequency detection unit, a policy management unit, and a replication performance unit. The frequency detection unit detects the update frequency with which the data is updated, by detecting the number of times that the data is updated. The policy management unit determines a replication policy for the data based on the update frequency with which the data is updated. The replication performance unit performs replication of the updated data based on the replication policy.

Abstract: A storage system includes a storage unit and a control unit. Data is stored in the storage unit. The control unit performs replication of data that is updated, based on the frequency with which the data is updated. The control unit may include a frequency detection unit, a policy management unit, and a replication performance unit. The frequency detection unit detects the update frequency with which the data is updated, by detecting the number of times that the data is updated. The policy management unit determines a replication policy for the data based on the update frequency with which the data is updated. The replication performance unit performs replication of the updated data based on the replication policy.

Abstract: There is provided an antioxidant agent capable of preventing scale from being produced on the surface of a heated metallic starting material more effectively than the conventional antioxidant agent. The antioxidant agent according to the present invention contains a plurality of glass frits having different softening points and an inorganic compound having a melting point not higher than 600° C. The inorganic compound mainly softens in the low-temperature range of about 600° C. The plurality of glass frits mainly soften in the low-temperature range of about 600 to 1300° C. Therefore, the antioxidant agent covers the surface of metallic starting material in a broad temperature range, oxidizes the surface of metallic starting material, and prevents the production of scale.

Abstract: There is provided an antioxidant agent capable of preventing scale from being produced on the surface of a heated metallic starting material more effectively than the conventional antioxidant agent. The antioxidant agent according to the present invention contains a plurality of glass frits having different softening points and an inorganic compound having a melting point not higher than 600° C. The inorganic compound mainly softens in the low-temperature range of about 600° C. The plurality of glass frits mainly soften in the low-temperature range of about 600 to 1300° C. Therefore, the antioxidant agent covers the surface of metallic starting material in a broad temperature range, oxidizes the surface of metallic starting material, and prevents the production of scale.

Abstract: A hole 30 is formed in the center of the rear end face 20 of a round billet 10. The hole 30 has a predetermined depth from the rear end face 20 and a plurality of grooves 31 are provided in the side surface thereof. Each groove 31 extends in the depth direction of the hole 30. Piercing and rolling of the round billet 10 having the hole 30 is performed using a piercing mill having a plug. During piercing and rolling, the bottom surface of the hole 30 is broken through by the plug and a protrusion which is to be the starting point of burrs is formed, and the protrusion is absorbed by the groove 31 as the plug advances. Consequently, formation of burrs at the rear end of a hollow shell after piercing-rolling thereof can be suppressed.

Abstract: A hole 30 is formed in the center of the rear end face 20 of a round billet 10. The hole 30 has a predetermined depth from the rear end face 20 and a plurality of grooves 31 are provided in the side surface thereof. Each groove 31 extends in the depth direction of the hole 30. Piercing and rolling of the round billet 10 having the hole 30 is performed using a piercing mill having a plug. During piercing and rolling, the bottom surface of the hole 30 is broken through by the plug and a protrusion which is to be the starting point of burrs is formed, and the protrusion is absorbed by the groove 31 as the plug advances. Consequently, formation of burrs at the rear end of a hollow shell after piercing-rolling thereof can be suppressed.

Abstract: A distributed-processing system, composed of a first computer and a second computer, in which the first computer transfers, to the second computer, a pattern ID assigned to a series of commands instead of the series of commands in order to reduce the communications traffic in case of transferring the same series of commands.

Abstract: An object-oriented computer system includes a server-side class library for generating a server-side object which relays a processing request from an application on the server side to the client side, a client-side class library for generating a client-side object which actually executes processing on the basis of the processing request relayed by the server-side object, and an object generation section which, when the server-side object is generated using the server-side class library by executing the application, generates the client-side object.

Abstract: A distributed-processing system, composed of a first computer and a second computer, in which the first computer transfers, to the second computer, a pattern ID assigned to a series of commands instead of the series of commands in order to reduce the communications traffic in case of transferring the same series of commands.

Abstract: A device and method for preventing flicker that occurs while displaying image data by attenuating a high-frequency portion of orthogonal transformed color signals of the image data. The present invention is also directed to a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for flicker prevention is recorded.

Abstract: The server connected to a client via a network has a relay library which includes an instruction relay thread which appends a thread identifier to an instruction, which is generated during processing of an application, and relays the instruction in collaboration with a higher-level library, and an instruction distribution thread for searching for a thread that processes another instruction from the client.