A computer-implemented server stack comprising: at least one management server having access to a mapping data structure; plural compute servers each comprising plural computer motherboards; and at least one storage server, the storage server comprising at least first and second non-volatile memory 'NVMe'-enabled solid state drives 'SSDs; at least a first compute server comprising: at least a first computer motherboard comprising at least one processing unit; at least a second computer motherboard comprising at least one processing unit; and at least one NVMe over fabric 'NVMe-oF' communication path connecting the motherboards to the first and second NVMe-enabled SSDs, the NVMe-oF communication path comprising a single common fabric adapter that is not part of a motherboard and that implements a NVMe interface such that the first compute server has one and only one fabric adapter; wherein the server stack is programmed with instructions to: receive a request for a piece of content from a client computer; access the mapping data structure using an identification of the piece of content to identify that the piece of content is stored on at least the first NVMe-enabled SSD and to identify what blocks of the first NVMe-enabled SSD store the piece of content; based on identifying the first NVMe-enabled SSD and the blocks of the first NVMe-enabled SSD that store the piece of content, cause the piece of content to be streamed to the client device directly over the NVMe-oF path without passing through a compute server. at least one management server having access to a mapping data structure; plural compute servers each comprising plural computer motherboards; and at least one storage server, the storage server comprising at least first and second non-volatile memory 'NVMe'-enabled solid state drives 'SSDs; at least a first compute server comprising: at least a first computer motherboard comprising at least one processing unit; at least a second computer motherboard comprising at least one processing unit; and at least one NVMe over fabric 'NVMe-oF' communication path connecting the motherboards to the first and second NVMe-enabled SSDs, the NVMe-oF communication path comprising a single common fabric adapter that is not part of a motherboard and that implements a NVMe interface such that the first compute server has one and only one fabric adapter; at least a first computer motherboard comprising at least one processing unit; at least a second computer motherboard comprising at least one processing unit; and at least one NVMe over fabric 'NVMe-oF' communication path connecting the motherboards to the first and second NVMe-enabled SSDs, the NVMe-oF communication path comprising a single common fabric adapter that is not part of a motherboard and that implements a NVMe interface such that the first compute server has one and only one fabric adapter; wherein the server stack is programmed with instructions to: receive a request for a piece of content from a client computer; access the mapping data structure using an identification of the piece of content to identify that the piece of content is stored on at least the first NVMe-enabled SSD and to identify what blocks of the first NVMe-enabled SSD store the piece of content; based on identifying the first NVMe-enabled SSD and the blocks of the first NVMe-enabled SSD that store the piece of content, cause the piece of content to be streamed to the client device directly over the NVMe-oF path without passing through a compute server. receive a request for a piece of content from a client computer; access the mapping data structure using an identification of the piece of content to identify that the piece of content is stored on at least the first NVMe-enabled SSD and to identify what blocks of the first NVMe-enabled SSD store the piece of content; based on identifying the first NVMe-enabled SSD and the blocks of the first NVMe-enabled SSD that store the piece of content, cause the piece of content to be streamed to the client device directly over the NVMe-oF path without passing through a compute server.