A first node stores therein accessed-area information that indicates a first area included in a storage area assigned to a target process, the first area having been accessed by the target process for a latest predetermined period of time. The first node stops the target process when an instruction to migrate the target process is received, transmits, to a second node, state information that indicates a state of the target process when the target process is stopped, and transmits first data stored in a first area to the second node, on the basis of the accessed-area information. The second node receives the state information and the first data from the first node, generates the target process on the basis of the state information, and restarts the target process using the first data.