<s>
Object	B-Application
access	I-Application
method	I-Application
(	O
OAM	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
access	B-Application
method	I-Application
under	O
z/OS	B-Application
which	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
storage	O
of	O
large	O
numbers	O
of	O
large	O
files	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OAM	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
IBM	B-Application
Db2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
use	O
case	O
for	O
OAM	O
would	O
be	O
storing	O
medical	O
images	O
in	O
a	O
Db2	B-Application
database	I-Application
running	O
under	O
z/OS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
support	O
for	O
magnetic	B-Architecture
tape	I-Architecture
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
support	O
was	O
added	O
for	O
storage	O
of	O
objects	O
in	O
a	O
z/OS	B-Application
unix	O
file	O
systemeither	O
zFS	B-Application
or	O
NFS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
Object	B-Application
Access	I-Application
Method	I-Application
was	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Canadian	O
Intellectual	O
Property	O
Office	O
to	O
store	O
documents	O
related	O
to	O
patent	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
