Using PFS

You can use the console and REST APIs to process files stored in PFS anytime, anywhere, and quickly obtain the processed files. PFS supports both POSIX and OBS APIs, so you can process files the same way you process objects. There is flexible conversion supported between objects and files.

You can use PFS in the following ways:

Access permissions for OBS buckets also apply to parallel file systems. Before using a parallel file system, ensure that you have the required permissions to access OBS buckets.

**Table 1** How to use PFS
Method	Function	Reference
Console	On the console, you can create parallel file systems and manage them.	Creating a Parallel File System
OBS API	Use parallel file systems by calling OBS APIs.	Supported APIs
Other OBS tools	PFS allows for conversion between objects and files, so you can also use other OBS tools (such as obsutil and OBS Browser+) to access PFS.	OBS Tools