Flat object storage namespace in an object storage system

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of processing an operation on an object, comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to:

• receive, by an object manager, a request to perform the operation on the object having an object name, wherein an object storage system includes a first database of a first type and a second database of a second type;
• search, by the object manager, the first database for a first record including a name marker and a first volume identifier, the name marker indicating a range of object names covered by the second database, the first volume identifier referencing a first volume and a first inode, within the first volume, indicating a first location of the second database, and the range of object names including the object name;
• search, by the object manager, the second database for a second record including the object name and including a second volume identifier, the second volume identifier referencing a second volume including the object;
• and
• perform, by the object manager, the operation on the object in accordance with the request.

A computing device comprising:

• a memory containing a machine-readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of storing an object in an object storage system;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to:
• receive, by an object manager, a request to store the object in the object storage system, the object have an object name, and the object storage system including a first database of a first type and one or more databases of a second type;
• identify, by the object manager, a first record stored in the first database, the first record including a name marker indicating a range of object names covered by a second database of the second type and a chapter database volume identifier referencing a first volume and a first inode, within the first volume, indicating a first location at which the second database is stored, and the range of object names including the object name;
• store, by the object manager, the object at a second location;
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• insert, by the object manager, a second record into the second database, the second record including the object name and an object volume identifier, and the object volume identifier referencing the second volume and a second inode, within the second volume, indicating a second location.