Systems and methods for uploading streamed objects to a cloud storage system

A method for providing access to digital objects stored in a distributed file storage system, said method comprising:

• storing a digital object in non-volatile memory of a first storage device of said distributed file storage system, said digital object being associated with a particular subscriber of said distributed file storage system;
• replicating said digital object to generate a copy of said digital object;
• providing said copy of said digital object to a second storage device of said distributed file storage system;
• receiving, at a network point-of-presence of said distributed file storage system, a user request for said digital object from a user device associated with a first user, said user request including information indicative of said first user, user credentials corresponding to said first user, and an object identifier uniquely identifying said digital object;
• forwarding said user request to said first storage device from said network point-of-presence, said user request forwarded from said network point-of-presence including said information indicative of said first user, said user credentials corresponding to said first user, and said object identifier uniquely identifying said digital object;
• authenticating, at said first storage device, said user credentials based at least in part on directory data associated with said particular subscriber and accessible to said first storage device;
• comparing, at said first storage device, said information indicative of said first user and said object identifier to permissions data associated with said particular subscriber to determine that said user is permitted access to said digital object;
• receiving access information at said network point-of-presence from said first storage device, said access information including object location information and validation information that facilitates retrieval of said copy of said digital object from said second storage device by said network point-of-presence;
• using said access information to retrieve said copy of said digital object from said second storage device by said network point-of-presence;
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• providing said copy of said digital object to said user device from said network point-of-presence.