Method and system for administration of storage objects

A storage network, comprising:

• a processor that executes machine-readable instructions;
• a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium that stores instructions that are executable by the processor, the instructions comprising:
• a viewing request receiver configured to receive a viewing request from a client to view a node of the storage network;
• and
• a tree model generator configured to receive the viewing request from the client and add the node to a tree model;
• wherein the node is associated with an information packet that indicates whether the node has changed;
• and
• wherein the information packet comprises a node cookie and a child cookie, the node cookie is incremented if the node changes, and the child cookie is incremented if the child node has changed.

A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium, comprising code configured to direct a processor to:

• receive a viewing request from a client to view a node of the storage network;
• add the node to a tree model;
• send at least a portion of the tree model to the client based on the clients viewing request;
• receive a first cookie corresponding to the node and add the node and the first cookie to a tree table;
• and
• receive a second cookie corresponding to the node and compare the second cookie with the first cookie to determine whether the node or one of the node's child nodes has changed.