Adapting to heterogeneous backend targets in a storage system

One or more non-transitory machine-readable media comprising program code for adapting an abstracted object command to any one of a plurality of protocol implementations for a plurality of backend targets, the program code to:

• determine, from a plurality of namespace object instances that represent a plurality of namespaces, a first namespace object instance for a first namespace identified in an abstracted object command instance after receipt of the abstracted object command instance, wherein the abstracted object command instance comprises an instance of an abstracted command defined for a command defined by a data access protocol of the first namespace;
• determine, with the first namespace object instance, a first backend target of a plurality of backend targets, wherein the plurality of backend targets implement a plurality of data access protocols;
• convert the abstracted object command instance to an implementation of the abstracted object command according to a first data access protocol specified for the first backend target, wherein the program code to convert comprises program code to use an identifier of a logical container in the first backend target instead of the identifier of the first namespace in the implementation;
• and
• submit the implementation of the abstracted object command instance to the first backend target.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor unit;
• and
• a machine-readable medium having program code executable by the processor unit to cause the apparatus to,
• determine, from a plurality of namespace object instances that represent a plurality of namespaces, a first namespace object instance for a first namespace identified in an abstracted object command instance after receipt of the abstracted object command instance, wherein the abstracted object command instance comprises an instance of an abstracted command defined for a command defined by a data access protocol of the first namespace;
• determine, with the first namespace object instance, a first backend target of a plurality of backend targets, wherein the plurality of backend targets implement a plurality of data access protocols;
• convert the abstracted object command instance to an implementation of the abstracted object command according to a first data access protocol specified for the first backend target, wherein the program code to convert comprises program code to use an identifier of a logical container in the first backend target instead of the identifier of the first namespace in the implementation;
• and
• submit the implementation of the abstracted object command instance to the first backend target.