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Control apparatus and control method

  • US 7,818,438 B2
  • Filed: 06/03/2008
  • Issued: 10/19/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A control method of controlling a process load of a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device that is attached a first network, comprising the steps of:

  • acquiring, in an upload manager that runs in a device different from the NAS device, at least one of a process load of the NAS device, which is data transmitted from a device connected to the first network written into the NAS device, or a process load of the NAS device, which is data read out from the NAS device by a device connected to the first network; and

    limiting, in the upload manager, flow rate between an upload device and a remote access server, wherein the upload device uploads data from a second network to the NAS device via the remote access serverwherein upon receiving the instruction in the limitation instructing step, the remote access server temporarily stores the received data in a storage included in the remote access server, thereby limiting the flow rate.

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