Patent ID: 7739614

Claim:
A computer system for reporting information related to a plurality of directories in at least one storage appliance, comprising: a subset of directories of the plurality of directories associated with a directory group according to predetermined criteria, wherein the directory group comprises a logical consolidation of the subset of directories in response to the predetermined criteria, wherein each directory is a file configured to store one or more other files and one or more other directories; an interface operatively connected to the computer system configured to associate a predefined group of parties with the directory group; a processor, executing a monitor process, configured to retrieve statistical information exclusively related to the subset of directories in the directory group at a group timing interval associated with the directory group, the processor further configured to compare the statistical information of the directory group to a group event parameter associated with the directory group to determine that a directory logically consolidated in the directory group has exceeded a statistical information threshold value; the processor, in response to the exceeded threshold value, further configured to execute an event process to query a database to determine if a party of the predefined group of parties associated with the directory group is implicated by the exceeded threshold value of the directory logically consolidated in the directory group; and the processor, in response to determining that the party of the predefined group of parties is implicated by the exceeded threshold value of the directory logically consolidated in the directory group, further configured to execute a reporting process that generates a window that organizes and displays to the implicated party of the predefined group of parties the directory logically consolidated in the directory group of which the statistical information exceeded the threshold value.