System and method for content management with intelligent data store access across distributed stores

A computer-implemented method for data store access comprising:

• receiving, at a server, a request to save a content object to a data store that includes a plurality of file stores, the content object having an object identifier;
• providing request information for the request to a configuration object that comprises load balancing logic and file store information for the plurality of file stores, the request information including the object identifier;
• the configuration object:
• receiving the request information associated with the request to save the content object to the data store that includes the plurality of file stores;
• determining, from the file store information, a set of candidate file stores available to the server, the set of candidate file stores being a subset of the plurality of file stores and including multiple file stores from the plurality of file stores;
• determining which file store from the plurality of file stores is a target file store for saving the content object based on mapping the object identifier to a target file store to select the target file store from the set of candidate file stores;
• and
• returning an indication of the target file store that is to be used to store content of the content object;
• and
• servicing the request using the target file store based on storing the content of the content object in the target file store of the data store.

A system for managing content comprising:

• a database for storing object metadata;
• a plurality of file stores;
• a server coupled to the database and the plurality of file stores, the server comprising:
• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing therein:
• server code, the server code comprising instructions executable by the processor for:
• receiving a request to save a content object to a data store that includes the plurality of file stores, the content object having an object identifier;
• providing request information to a configuration object, the request information including the object identifier;
• receiving an indication of a target file store that is to be used to store content of the content object;
• and
• servicing the request using the target file store based on storing the content of the content object in the target file store of the data store;
• and
• the configuration object, the configuration object comprising:
• file store information for the plurality of file stores;
• load balancing logic, the load balancing logic comprising instructions executable by the processor for:
• receiving the request information associated with the request to save the content object to the data store that includes the plurality of file stores;
• determining, from the file store information, a set of candidate file stores available to the server, the set of candidate file stores being a subset of the plurality of file stores and including multiple file stores from the plurality of file stores;
• determining which file store from the plurality of file stores is a target file store for saving the content object based on mapping the object identifier to the target file store to select the target file store from the set of candidate file stores;
• and
• returning the indication of the target file store that is to be used to store content of the content object.