How does SRB provide access to remote storage systems?
SRB provides access to remote storage systems through a proxy mechanism. When one stores a data object under SRB, the data object is stored and accessed by SRB acting as a proxy for the user. Because of this mechanism, a user can store data objects on remote storage systems without having personal accounts at these site. In this mode, SRB acts as a ‘system privileged proxy’ user. The above proxy mode also allows for SRB to SRB authentication enabling servers to access files that are under the control of another SRB server.
