The present invention is directed to a method and system for storing and managing objects, such as binary large objects (blobs) in a digital library system which includes a plurality of clients, an object server for storing an object, a cache server for storing an copy of the object, and a centralized...http://www.google.de/patents/US5940594?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5940594 - Distributed storage management system having a cache server and method therefor