Abstract: A configuration object is provided to configure a server. The configuration object has an associated type to which the configuration object applies and information about a plurality of file stores available to the server. A method for data access can include, receiving, by the server, a request to perform a first operation with respect to a content object associated with the associated type to which the configuration object applies, using the configuration object to determine, from the plurality of file stores available to the server, a set of candidate file stores to service the request, and selecting a target file store from the set of candidate file stores and servicing the request using the target file store. Selecting the target file store includes mapping the object identifier to the target file store.

Abstract: A configuration object is provided to configure a server. The configuration object can include storage node information for a first set of storage nodes available to a server. The configuration object determines, from the storage node information, a second set of storage nodes for inclusion in a map. The configuration object maps each storage node in the second set of storage nodes to a different index value in a set of index values. The configuration object receives an object identifier for a first object, transforms the object identifier into a resulting index value in the set of index values and, based on a determination that a first storage node is mapped to the resulting index value in the map, selects the first storage node as a target storage node for servicing a request to perform a first operation with respect to the first object.

Abstract: A configuration object is provided to configure a server. The configuration object can include storage node information for a first set of storage nodes available to a server. The configuration object determines, from the storage node information, a second set of storage nodes for inclusion in a map. The configuration object maps each storage node in the second set of storage nodes to a different index value in a set of index values. The configuration object receives an object identifier for a first object, transforms the object identifier into a resulting index value in the set of index values and, based on a determination that a first storage node is mapped to the resulting index value in the map, selects the first storage node as a target storage node for servicing a request to perform a first operation with respect to the first object.