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Creating a Parallel File System

You can create a parallel file system on OBS Console.

Procedure

  1. On the console homepage, click Service List in the upper left corner and choose Storage > Object Storage Service.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Parallel File Systems.
  3. In the upper right corner of the page, click Create Parallel File System.

    Figure 1 Creating a parallel file system

  4. Select a region and enter a name for the parallel file system.

    • Once a parallel file system is created, its name cannot be changed.
    • URLs do not support uppercase letters and cannot distinguish between names containing uppercase or lowercase letters. For example, if you attempt to access the parallel file system MyFileSystem using a URL, the file system name will be resolved to myfilesystem, causing an access error. For this reason, a parallel file system name can contain only lowercase letters, digits, periods (.), and hyphens (-).

  5. Configure a data redundancy policy. If you select multi-AZ storage, data will be stored in multiple AZs for a higher reliability.

    Once a parallel file system is created, you cannot change the data redundancy policy, so take care when selecting a data redundancy policy.

  6. Configure a policy. You can select Private, Public Read, or Public Read/Write for the parallel file system.
  7. Configure direct reading. With direct reading enabled, you can directly download objects in the Archive storage class without restoring them first. Direct reading is a billable function. For details, see Product Pricing Details.
  8. (Optional) Add tags. Tags are used to identify parallel file systems in OBS, for the purpose of classification. Each tag is represented by one key-value pair. For details about how to add a tag, see Tags.
  9. (Optional) Buy storage packages. By default, you are billed on a pay-per-use basis for using parallel file systems. You can also purchase storage packages to save more. After selecting a required package, go to the Confirm page to complete the purchase.

    Storage packages can also be purchased after the parallel file system is created.

  10. Confirm the settings at the bottom of the page and click Create Now.
  11. View the file system you created just now in the parallel file system list.

    Then, you can use the parallel file system the same way you use a bucket. For details, see Using PFS.

Parent topic: Using PFS on a Console