User data backup functions are realized through a computer, which is located
on the management service provider corporation side and interfaces between a user
side computer environment and a storage service side computer environment to support
storage service. This computer selects storage devices which meet the user side
conditions from a plurality of entirely or partially empty storage devices owned
by the storage service side computer environment. The computer receives user data
from the user side computer environment, divides the user data into records of
a predetermined size and transmits the records to the storage service side computer
environment so that the records are distributed and stored to the selected storage devices.