Software storage unit, backup method, and recording medium storing backup control program

Abstract

The present invention provides a software storage unit, a backup method, and a backup control program capable of completing data transfer to a data backup destination in a shorter time. The software storage unit includes a software storage section constructed across a plurality of physical machines and a switch section coupled to an external network, wherein the software storage section grasps data to back up, among stored data, which is to be transferred to a data backup destination, splits the grasped data into a plurality of data parts, and issues a command to transfer the split data parts from respective ones of the plurality of physical machines to the data backup destination via the switch section.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.