A system includes a first obtaining unit that, when a failure occurs in the system, obtains via a first route failure information held by devices connected with a first processing unit and a second processing unit, respectively through a first route and a second route, a second obtaining unit that obtains the failure information through the second route when the failure information is not able to be obtained by the first obtaining unit, a second failure location estimation unit that estimates a failure causing location based on the failure information obtained by the second obtaining unit, an identification unit that identifies a subject using the failure location estimated by the second failure location estimation unit, and a termination unit that terminates the subject identified by the identification unit.