Filesystem enhancements for unified file and object access in an object storage cloud

A computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising instructions configured to cause one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• retrieving disk health parameters for each of a plurality of storage disks, utilizing the one or more processors, each of the plurality of storage disks including an outer partition and an inner partition;
• identifying, for each of the plurality of storage disks, a number of available outer partition storage blocks that are physically located within the outer partition of each of the plurality of storage disks, utilizing the one or more processors;
• and
• determining, utilizing the one or more processors, a number of erasure code fragments to be stored for a file before initiating an objectization process on the file, based on the disk health parameters for each of the plurality of storage disks and the number of available outer partition storage blocks for each of the plurality of storage disks.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to:
• retrieve disk health parameters for each of a plurality of storage disks, each of the plurality of storage disks including an outer partition and an inner partition;
• identify, for each of the plurality of storage disks, a number of available outer partition storage blocks that are physically located within the outer partition of each of the plurality of storage disks;
• and
• determine a number of erasure code fragments to be stored for a file before initiating an objectization process on the file, based on the disk health parameters for each of the plurality of storage disks and the number of available outer partition storage blocks for each of the plurality of storage disks.