Common resource management in a server cluster

A system for assigned resource management, including multiple computer servers, each identifiable by an identifier, and a resource table stored on a computer-readable data storage medium and accessible to any of the servers, where any of the servers is configured to establish itself as manager for a resource, if no record in the resource table indicates that a manager exists for the resource, by including its identifier in a record in the resource table for the resource in a manner that indicates that the server is manager for the resource, where any of the servers is configured to include its identifier in a list of servers in the record for the resource that wish to participate in the performance by the manager of at least one action regarding the resource, and where the manager is configured to perform the action regarding the resource.