1. An apparatus to convert a storage request into an append data storage command, the apparatus comprising: a storage request receiver module that receives a storage request from a requesting device, the storage request to store a data segment of a file or object onto a data storage device, the storage request comprising one or more source parameters for the data segment, the source parameters comprising a virtual address; a translation module that translates the storage request to one or more storage commands, at least one storage command comprising an append data storage command, wherein each append data storage command directs the data storage device to store data of the data segment and the one or more source parameters at one or more append points, wherein the one or more source parameters are stored with the data and wherein at least one of the source parameters comprises a virtual address; and a mapping module that maps one or more source parameters of the data segment to one or more locations in the data storage device where the data storage device appended the data of the data segment and the source parameters.