1. A system, comprising: one or more processors; and logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed operable to perform operations comprising: receiving a request from a user, the request identifying a compute operation that is to be executed against an object in a distributed object store; locating the object within the distributed object store, the object being stored on a physical node; assigning a virtual operating system container to the object; providing an instruction set to a daemon associated with the object, the daemon controlling execution of the compute operation by the virtual operating system container according to the instruction set; and storing output of the virtual operating system container in the distributed object store.