Storage virtualization of object based system.

Object-Based Storage is a new emerging development tendency in storage field, and it has advantages in many aspects such as storage capacity, throughput, reliability and availability. This paper describes Object-Based Storage, proposes OSD RAID to implements the storage virtualization, researches mapping management and allocation of physical storage space. Experiments show that storage virtualization of object based system can enhance the system's performance. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]