Object-based data storage device

A storage device, comprising:

• storage media having multiple media zones with differing zone attributes of storage performance;
• and
• an object-based storage interface couplable to a data channel to receive an object that has storage attributes including an I-node of the object, the interface being coupled to the storage media and having a capability to store a less frequently accessed portion of the I-node in a first selected zone of the multiple media zones.

A storage device, comprising:

• storage media having multiple media regions with differing attributes of storage performance, the media regions being organized into physically proximate allocation groups that are addressable at a byte level of addressing;
• and
• an object-based storage interface couplable to a data channel to communicate multiple objects with requested storage attributes attached to the object, the interface being coupled to the storage media and storing each of the multiple objects that is smaller than an allocation group in a single allocation group.