US Patent 11226905 System and method for mapping objects to regions

An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is an apparatus including a processor having programmed instructions to map a plurality of objects to a region and map the region to a plurality of vdisks. The plurality of objects are stored in the plurality of vdisks. The processor has programmed instructions to, responsive to mapping the plurality of objects to the region, identify a policy associated with the region. The policy specifies a policy action in response to satisfying a predetermined condition. The processor has programmed instructions to, responsive to satisfying the predetermined condition, access the plurality of vdisks and perform the policy action on the plurality of objects.