In a server/client system in which a plurality of servers and a client are connected through a network, and process-executing servers execute a process based on a process request from the client and transmit a process result to the client, a load distribution device includes a process information receiving unit that receives information on the process from the client; a determining unit that determines a server to execute the process from among the process-executing servers based on the information on the process; and a server information transmitting unit that transmits information on determined servers to the client, and the client includes a server information receiving unit that receives transmitted information on the servers; and a process request transmitting unit that transmits the process request to the determined servers.