Method for provision of data objects in a digital image information system

A computer-readable medium encoded with programming instructions for provisioning data objects in a digital information system controlled by an electronic data management device, said digital information system comprising an image storage system with at least one non-volatile image data storage unit in which a data object is stored, and at least one client with a local data memory networked with the image storage system, said digital information system further comprising at least one local buffer memory, said programming instructions:

• allowing selection of a first part of the data of the data object and causing said first part from the image data storage unit to be transferred to the local data memory without passing through said local buffer memory;
• allowing selection of a second part of the data of the data object and causing, during transfer of said first part, said second part to be transferred from said image data storage unit to said at least one local buffer memory in parallel with transfer of the first part;
• and
• causing transfer of said second part from the local buffer memory to the local data memory of the client after ending transfer of the first part.

A digital image information system comprising:

• an image storage system with at least one non-volatile image data storage unit in which a data object is stored;
• at least one client with a local data memory networked with the image storage system;
• at least one local buffer memory;
• and
• a data management device that selects a first part of the data of the data object and transfers said first part from the image data storage unit to the local data memory without passing through said local buffer memory, selects a second part of the data of the data object and, during transfer of said first part, transfers said second part from said image data storage unit to said at least one local buffer memory in parallel with transfer of the first part, and transfers said second part from the local buffer memory to the local data memory of the client after ending transfer of the first part.