1. A method comprising: generating a logical tree in which each node in the logical tree represents a corresponding one of multiple computers in a network having controlled access to a storage resource; receiving a request for access to the storage resource; and utilizing a set of pointers in the logical tree to forward the request on a path through a portion of the multiple computers in the network to a corresponding root computer in the network having access to the storage resource, the corresponding root computer represented by a root computer node in the logical tree; wherein utilizing the set of pointers in the logical tree to forward the request to the corresponding root computer includes: retrieving a first pointer from the logical tree, the first pointer being associated with a first computer in the network making the request; and forwarding the request from the first computer on the path to a second computer in the network as specified by the first pointer.