device if length t lt length then the indicator bit pattern of data object c is set compression information i is incorporated into data object c and data object c is written to the storage device application_number US 201113151336 A description fig1 shows a computer system 100 suitable for implementation of a method of managing storage and retrieval of data objects the system 100 includes one or more processors 105 that receive data and program instructions from a temporary data storage device such as a memory device 110 over a communications bus 115 a memory controller 120 governs the flow of data into and out of the memory device 110 the system 100 also includes one or more persistent data storage devices such as disk drives 125 1 and 125 2 that store chunks of data or data objects in a manner prescribed by one or more disk controllers 130 one or more input devices 135 such as a mouse and a keyboard and output devices 140 such as a monitor and a printer allow the computer system to interact with a human user and with other computers the disk controller 130 receives requests from the memory controller 120 to store data objects on the disk drives 125 and to retrieve data objects from the disk drives repeated requests for data to be transferred.