Using PFS

You can use the console and REST APIs to process files stored in PFS anytime, anywhere and retrieve the processed files quickly. PFS supports both Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) and OBS APIs, so you can process files the same way you process objects. This achieves interoperability between objects and files.

The table below describes the ways to use PFS in detail.

Access permissions for OBS also apply to PFS. Before using PFS, make sure that you have the permissions required to access OBS resources.

**Table 1** Ways to use PFS
Way	Function	Reference
PFS Console	On the console, you can create parallel file systems and manage them.	Creating a Parallel File System
OBS API	You can make API calls to use parallel file systems.	Compatibility Between OBS APIs and PFS
Other OBS tools	PFS allows for interoperability between objects and files, so you can also use other OBS tools (such as obsutil and OBS Browser+) to access PFS.	OBS Tools