Highy scalable dynamic storage manager with multiple allocation strategies. Aggregates multiple storage locations (local or remote volumes) into a hierarchized storage pool. Clients make simple storage allocation requests, for example to allocate space for a file of a certain size, with certain criteria such as speed of access or type of storage location, and the Storage Manager picks the most appropriate physical location (storage point) to store the file and allocates space for it. Supports load balancing and waterfall strategies, distributed storage (SAN), 9 performance counters to monitor the pool status. Initially designed for supporting a highly scalable image storage farm for millions of objects. Highly robust, internally implemented using finite state automata, able to handle hundreds of allocations per second. Exposes its services remotely through .NET Remoting.