Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and information processing method for optimizing resource allocation and data consistency

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

• as a first job, performing connection to an external server that is enable to be connected from the information processing apparatus, instructing the external server to execute processing by designating shared information held in a storage device that is enable to be shared by a plurality of jobs, holding the designated shared information in a primary storage section, and releasing a resource used in the first job;
• as a second job different from the first job, acquiring a result of the processing by the external server, and executing processing using the shared information designated in the first job and held in the primary storage section;
• and
• changing the shared information held in the storage device and not changing the shared information held in the primary storage section in a case where an operation of changing the shared information is performed between execution of the first job and start of the second job.

An information processing method comprising:

• as a first job, performing connection to an external server that is enable to be connected from the information processing apparatus, instructing the external server to execute processing by designating shared information held in a storage device that is enable to be shared by a plurality of jobs, holding the designated shared information in a primary storage section, and releasing a resource used in the first job;
• as a second job different from the first job, acquiring a result of the processing by the external server, and executing processing using the shared information designated in the first job and held in the primary storage section;
• and
• changing the shared information held in the storage device and not changing the shared information held in the primary storage section in a case where an operation of changing the shared information is performed between execution of the first job and start of the second job.