1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer system to perform a method for storing comprising: at a storage controller, receiving from a host application an object for storage within a data storage, wherein said object is a file containing information manipulated by the host application, and wherein said object is in an original state; determining whether a compression handling instruction is received in association with said object, wherein said compression handling instruction is an instruction provided to the storage controller by the host application requesting storage of said object, wherein said compression handling instruction indicates either that said object should be compressed or should not be compressed based upon whether compressing said object would affect access performance to said object, wherein the host application determines a type of compression handling instruction to be provided to the storage controller in association with said object, and wherein said compression handling instruction overrides a default process of compressing objects before storing within the data storage; and executing said compression handling instruction when storing said object.