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OBS Tools

Object Storage Service (OBS) provides the tools listed in Table 1 for easy access.

Table 1 OBS tools

Tool

Description

Application Scenario

OBS Browser+

OBS Browser+ is a GUI-based desktop application that is intuitive and easy to use. It allows you to comprehensively manage OBS buckets and objects from your local end.

It is ideal for data upload, download, and sharing in small and medium enterprises in industries such as healthcare, transportation, and education.

If there are millions of or more tasks in OBS Browser+, much more time is required for searching, which may result in task failures. To avoid this, you are advised to use obsutil.

obsutil

obsutil is a command line tool for accessing and managing OBS resources. You can use this tool to perform common operations, such as creating buckets, uploading and downloading files/folders, and deleting files/folders. If you are familiar with command line interface (CLI), obsutil is recommended as an ideal tool for batch processing and automated tasks.

It is recommended for IT O&M personnel at small and medium enterprises to back up, share, and manage data. CLI is efficient and can be easily integrated with scripts for simple automatic processing. For gene and education related industries, obsutil is helpful with synchronizing daily incremental data to the cloud.

obsfs

obsfs, based on FUSE, is a file system tool for OBS. You can use it to mount parallel file systems to Linux operating systems. It enables you to easily access the infinite storage space on OBS in the same way as you use a local file system.

obsfs is for Linux operating systems.

If you need to operate data in OBS through POSIX, obsfs is preferred for mounting parallel file systems.