Patent ID: 9507799
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: storing a data object in a network storage server system, wherein the data object is a sub-volume level data object; assigning an object identifier to the data object; creating an object handle in the network storage server system, the object handle including the object identifier and a location identifier, the object identifier being independent of a location at which the data object is stored in the network storage server system, the location identifier being indicative of the location at which the data object is stored within the network storage server system, wherein the location identifier is distinct from the object identifier; and engaging in communications between the network storage server system and a storage client regarding the data object by using the object handle, wherein the object identifier that is independent of the location at which the data object is stored in the network storage server system is used to identify the data object in said communications.