Information processing device and data distribution method

A data distribution system comprising:

• a plurality of information processing devices communicatively coupled to each other;
• a first information processing device among said plurality of information processing devices having first configuration data providing first hardware-and-software configuration information of the first information processing device and further including information on first hibernation data of the first information processing device, said first information processing device sending its first configuration data to at least a second information processing device among said plurality of information processing devices;
• wherein:
• said second information processing device has second configuration data providing second hardware-and-software configuration information of the second information processing device including information on any second hibernation data of the second information processing device;
• said second information processing device responds to reception of the first configuration data by transmitting its second configuration data to the first information processing device;
• said first information processing device responds to reception of the second configuration data by comparing it to the first configuration data, and implementing the following steps:
• (a) IF the first hardware-and-software configuration data matches the second hardware-and-software configuration data,
• (b) THEN determining if the second information processing device has any second hibernation data, AND IF the second information processing data has no second hibernation data THEN the first information processing device transmits its first hibernation data to the second information processing device;
• (c) ELSE the first information processing device does not send any hibernation data to the second information processing device;
• said second information processing device responds to reception of first hibernation data from the first information processing device by accepting the first hibernation data as its own second hibernation data and booting up using this accepted second hibernation.