Patent ID: 7734886
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A host computer for accessing a plurality of user content units stored on at least one object addressable storage (OAS) system, wherein each of the plurality of user content units is accessible from the OAS system using an object identifier, wherein the object identifier for each of the plurality of user content units, from the perspective of an issuer of an access request to retrieve the at least one of the plurality of content units, does not control where the at least one of the plurality of content units is logically or physically stored on the OAS system, the at least one OAS system being logically divided into a plurality of storage pools, a first user of the at least one storage system being granted access privileges to one of the plurality of storage pools, the host computer comprising: an output; and at least one controller, coupled to the output, that: