There is provided a data management method for managing data stored in a parallel database system in which a plurality of data servers manage data. The parallel database system manages: correspondence information between a characteristic of the data and each of the plurality of data servers that manages the data; and a data area corresponding to the characteristic of the data. The data management method comprising the steps of: extracting the characteristic of the data from data to be stored in the data area; storing the data in the data area based on the extracted characteristic of the data; specifying a corresponding data area based on the characteristic of the data stored in the data area by referring to the correspondence information; and accessing, by each of the plurality of data servers, the specified data area.