This application provides a system and a method for accessing a remote resource. The system includes a local node and a remote node. The local node is configured to: determine a resource access request, where the resource access request includes a resource access operation and an address that is of the local node and that is pointed to by the resource access operation; determine an address of a corresponding remote node; send an operation packet to the remote node, where the operation packet includes the resource access operation and the address of the remote node; and receive an operation result packet sent by the remote node, and determine an operation result based on the operation result packet. The remote node is configured to: receive the operation packet; and execute the resource access operation to obtain an operation result, and send an operation result packet to the local node. By using the system and method provided in this application, a memory, a hard disk, and other resources on the remote node can be directly and quickly accessed in a manner of the delivered resource access request, to avoid problems of a large access delay, a cumbersome process, and low processing efficiency.