Filesystem enhancements for unified file and object access in an object storage cloud

A computer program product for unified file and unified file and object storage, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• identifying an erasure code storage policy for an unified file and object storage system, utilizing the processor;
• determining a plurality of storage disks associated with the erasure code storage policy, utilizing the processor;
• retrieving disk health parameters for each of the plurality of storage disks, utilizing the processor;
• identifying a number of available outer partition storage blocks for each of the plurality of storage disk, utilizing the processor;
• and
• determining, utilizing the processor, a number of erasure code fragments to be stored for a file within the unified file and object storage system before initiating an objectization process on the file, utilizing the disk health parameters for each of the plurality of storage disks and the number of available outer partition storage blocks for each of the plurality of storage disks.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to:
• identify an erasure code storage policy for an unified file and object storage system;
• determine a plurality of storage disks associated with the erasure code storage policy;
• retrieve disk health parameters for each of the plurality of storage disks;
• identify a number of available outer partition storage blocks for each of the plurality of storage disks;
• and
• determine a number of erasure code fragments to be stored for a file within the unified file and object storage system before initiating an objectization process on the file, utilizing the disk health parameters for each of the plurality of storage disks and the number of available outer partition storage blocks for each of the plurality of storage disks.