1. A computer-implemented method for customizing a namespace in a storage network, comprising: receiving at least one of NAS (Network Attached Storage) file handles and path names from one or more exported physical shares, the NAS file handles and path names indicative of locations of objects on the file shares; maintaining one or more file location tables that map switch file handles to the NAS file handles and path names, the switch file handles being independent of the object locations, the file location table configured in accordance with a synthetic namespace of selected objects that are available to the one or more clients independent of the one or more exported physical shares, and providing a switch file handle to the one or more clients, the switch file handle designating the file location table.