CLOUD FILE TRANSFERS USING CLOUD FILE DESCRIPTORS

摘要

A method and system method for reading a file from a cloud storage service are provided. The method includes receiving, from a client device, a request to read at least a portion of a file from a cloud storage service, wherein the cloud storage service is associated with at least one object storage system; and sending a cloud file descriptor to the client device, wherein the cloud file descriptor includes a plurality of download tokens utilized to retrieve objects constituting the requested at least a portion of the file from the at least one object storage system.