Abstract: In some aspects, an apparatus includes a processor and a memory. In some embodiments, the memory includes programmed instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to receive a request to create a bucket. In some embodiments, the memory includes programmed instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to, in response to receiving the request to create the bucket, write, to a first object store, a first mapping that maps an identifier of global metadata to an identifier of a second object store where the bucket is to be created, write, to the second object store, a second mapping that maps the identifier of global metadata to local metadata, and replicate, to the second object store, the first mapping.