1. A method for managing data objects within a computer network infrastructure comprising a plurality of nodes, each node comprising tangible storage resources, the method comprising: establishing a physical identifier for each tangible storage resource, each of the physical identifiers uniquely identifying one of the tangible storage resources; generating a plurality of unique virtual identifiers for each tangible storage resource, wherein a first unique virtual identifier is a hash value calculated from the physical identifier of the tangible storage resource associated with the physical identifier, a second unique virtual identifier is a hash value calculated from the first unique virtual identifier, and each subsequent unique virtual identifier is a hash value calculated from a preceding unique virtual identifier, wherein the plurality of unique virtual identifiers to be stored in a consistent ring namespace accessible for every node, wherein the plurality of unique virtual identifiers are to be evenly distributed over the consistent ring namespace; generating an object identifier associated with a location of a data object to be stored in a tangible storage resource; mapping the object identifier to the consistent ring namespace; and enabling traversing of the consistent ring namespace from any node in the computer network infrastructure in order to locate and access the data object.