Patent ID: 8589441

Claim:
An information processing system comprising: a plurality of first information apparatuses configured to provide a service relating to a file; a second information apparatus communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of first information apparatuses and configured to send or receive data of the file to or from the plurality of first information apparatuses as well as manage the data of the file; and a management apparatus communicatively coupled to the second information apparatus, wherein at least one of the first information apparatuses is granted a first right that is an access right permitting update of the file, the other of the first information apparatuses are granted a second right that is an access right prohibiting update of the file, wherein the second information apparatus is configured to store the access right granted to each of the first information apparatuses, send to one of the first information apparatuses granted the second right, when detecting that the first information apparatus granted the first right has a failure, a first instruction made to take over the first right granted to the first information apparatus having the failure, and collect, from each of the first information apparatuses, resource information being information on resources of the first information apparatus, the resource information is at least one of a processing capacity of a central processing device included in the first information apparatus, a utilization rate of the central processing device, a capacity of a main storage device included in the first information apparatus, a utilization rate of a storage area of the main storage device, a capacity of a communication device included in the first information apparatus, a utilization rate of the communication device, and a capacity of an external storage device included in the first information apparatus and a utilization rate of a storage area of the external storage device, and wherein the management apparatus determines an aptitude of each of the first information apparatuses granted the second right, as a successor of the first information apparatus having the failure, based on the collected resource information, and outputs results thereof.