1. A host, comprising: an interface for communicating with at least one Data Storage Device (DSD) including a plurality of media portions for storing data; and a processor configured to: receive media mapping information from the at least one DSD via the interface, the media mapping information indicating addresses assigned to each media portion of the plurality of media portions; and identify, using the media mapping information, each media portion of the plurality of media portions as a separate Object Storage Device (OSD) in an object based storage cluster.