Data sharing system and data sharing method

Abstract

To provide a data sharing system and a data sharing method that make it easy to suppress the disclosure of data whose disclosure is restricted according to the location where the data exists, in accordance with the provision of the disclosure restriction. A data sharing system comprising a storage node having virtual volumes accessed by a readout device, the data sharing system comprising: the storage node comprises: an access setting unit configured to restrict a target readout device from reading data from a target virtual volume in accordance with information on a location of the target readout device accessing the data sharing system and information on a location of the target virtual volume from which the target readout device attempts to read data.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.