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Using PFS

PFS provides the console, client (obsfs), and REST APIs for managing and accessing data. obsfs supports POSIX, so that your applications can be seamlessly interconnected with PFS, requiring no modification to your applications. You can process files stored in PFS anytime, anywhere, and quickly obtain processed files. PFS supports both POSIX and OBS APIs, therefore, you can still process files in the way that you process objects, implementing flexible conversion between objects and files.

You can use PFS in the following ways:

Table 1 How to use PFS

Method

Function

Reference

Console

On the console, you can create parallel file systems, and you can also view and manage your file systems and files.

Creating a Parallel File System

obsfs

obsfs is a client developed and designed for PFS. It supports POSIX and can mount parallel file systems to cloud servers. obsfs is recommended for accessing PFS.

Introduction to obsfs

OBS API

Use parallel file systems by calling OBS APIs.

Supported APIs

Other OBS tools

PFS allows conversions between objects and files. Therefore, you can also use other OBS tools (such as obsutil and OBS Browser+) to access PFS.

However, these tools are not fully compatible with PFS yet, and further development is ongoing. For better compatibility, obsfs is recommended.

OBS Tools
Parent topic: Introduction