1. A computer system comprising the following: one or more processors; system memory; one or more computer-readable storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computing system to perform a method for creating global, aggregated namespaces for storage management, the method comprising the following: an act of defining one or more data storage objects for each of a plurality of data storage nodes, the data storage objects uniquely identifying one or more storage elements of the data storage nodes, each data storage object including one or more associated attributes; an act of replicating the defined data storage objects and any associated attributes from a first data storage node to a second, different data storage node among the plurality of data storage nodes, such that the defined data storage objects are visible from any node in the plurality of data storage nodes; an act of aggregating the defined data storage objects for each of the plurality of data storage nodes; and an act of creating a global, aggregated namespace that includes the aggregated data storage objects for each of the plurality of data storage nodes.