Large folder operations in a collaborative cloud-based environment

A computer readable medium, embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when stored in memory and executed by a processor causes the processor to perform a set of acts, the acts comprising:

• identifying a server in a cloud-based environment that is interfaced with one or more storage devices that store one or more content objects accessible by one or more users, wherein the content objects are identified by one or more hierarchical path identifiers comprising at least one folder identifier corresponding to a logical folder, and wherein the hierarchical path identifiers are stored in a relational database in the storage devices;
• receiving at least one operation command from at least one of the users to operate on the content objects associated with the logical folder;
• generating a search query for the relational database to return a plurality of result sets corresponding to respective portions of the content objects associated with the logical folder;
• and
• invoking the operation command over the plurality of the result sets.

A system comprising:

• a storage medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions;
• and
• a processor or processors that execute the instructions to cause the processor or processors to perform a set of acts, the acts comprising,
• identifying a server in a cloud-based environment that is interfaced with one or more storage devices that store one or more content objects accessible by one or more users, wherein the content objects are identified by one or more hierarchical path identifiers comprising at least one folder identifier corresponding to a logical folder, and wherein the hierarchical path identifiers are stored in a relational database in the storage devices;
• receiving at least one operation command from at least one of the users to operate on the content objects associated with the logical folder;
• generating a search query for the relational database to return a plurality of result sets corresponding to respective portions of the content objects associated with the logical folder;
• and
• invoking the operation command over the plurality of the result sets.