Patent ID: 7162497

Claim:
A shared directory management system, comprising: a storage module having a shared directory that includes a first setting information and a plurality of sub-directories, each of the sub-directories having a second setting information; a management module for examining the first setting information of the shared directory and the second setting information of the sub-directories in the storage module using a monitor method in a normal mode, storing an update setting information corresponding to an update action into a database if the first setting information of the shared directory and the second setting information of the sub-directories are processed by the update action, and when a failure occurs, returning the first setting information of the shared directory and the second setting information of the sub-directories in the storage module to the original first and second setting information before the failure according to the update setting information stored in the database; a first clustered server for controlling the storage module and the management module in the normal mode and after the finish of returning the first setting information and the second setting information; and a second clustered server for controlling the storage module and the management module when the failure occurs.