An improved system and method for flexible object placement and soft-state indexing of objects in a distributed object store is provided. A distributed object store may be provided by a large number of system nodes operably coupled to a network. A system node provided may include an access module for...http://www.google.fr/patents/US8010514?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US8010514 - System and method for a distributed object store
