A system, computer program product, and computer-executable method for use with a distributed storage system comprising a plurality of storage nodes each having attached storage devices, the system, computer program product, and computer-executable method including receiving a request, at a first storage node of the plurality of storage nodes, to store a large portion of data, using at least one of a first type of data chunk and a plurality of a second type of data chunks to store the large portion of data, processing each of the plurality of the second type of data chunks, processing each of the at least one of the first type of data chunk, and returning an acknowledgement to the request.