Maybe I'm just misreading, but why not store it in a flatter sort of data structure in the first place? It'd probably be much easier to work with. Something like:
my %server = ( name => "SomeServer", pid => 8328, fd => "Some FD", lsof => [ <some array here> ], );
You then could just have an array of these server hashes. Not quite what you were asking for, I know, but better to avoid a problem entirely than to solve it, I think.

Note: Edited to fix typo, after being notified by AnomalousMonk (thanks!).

In reply to Re: Nested Hash/Arrays Access by Unforgiven
in thread Nested Hash/Arrays Access by Wookimonsta

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