INDIRECTION OBJECTS IN A CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEM

摘要

Several embodiments using indirection objects to organize data in a cloud storage system are disclosed. An indirection object stores associations to different variants or segments of an object. The indirection object receives requests for the objects and responds with the appropriate variant, segment, or segments of the object. The variant, segment, or segments returned may vary from request to request.

主权项

1. A system for storing multiple representations of an object, comprising:
an indirection object storing a plurality of associations; and a plurality of representations of the object, each representation referred to by one of the plurality of associations, and each representation including an attribute; wherein the indirection object is operable to receive a request for the object over a network from an application programming interface and return one of the plurality of representations of the object based on the attributes included in each representation.