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<h1 class="topictitle1">Why use the integrated file system</h1>
<div><p>The integrated file system enhances the already extensive data
management capabilities of <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span> with
additional capabilities to better support emerging and future forms of information
processing, such as client/server, open systems, and multimedia.</p>
<p>You can use the integrated file system to do the following things:</p>
<ul><li>Provide fast access to <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> data,
especially for applications such as iSeries™ Access that use the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> file server.</li>
<li>Allow more efficient handling of types of stream data, such as images,
audio, and video.</li>
<li>Provide a file system base and a directory base for
supporting open system standards based on the UNIX<sup>®</sup> operating system, such as Portable
Operating System Interface for Computer Environments (POSIX) and X/Open Portability
Guide (XPG). This file structure and this directory structure also provides
a familiar environment for users of PC operating systems, such as Disk Operating
System (DOS) and Windows<sup>®</sup> operating systems.</li>
<li>Allow file support with unique capabilities (such as record-oriented database
files, UNIX operating
system-based stream files, and file serving) to be handled as separate file
systems, while allowing them all to be managed through a common interface. <div class="fignone"><span class="figcap">Figure 1. A common interface to separate file systems</span><br /><img src="rv3n062.gif" alt="A common interface to separate file systems" /><br /></div>
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<li>Allow PC users to take better advantage of their graphical user interface.
For example, Windows users can use the Windows graphical tools to operate on iSeries server
stream files and other objects in the same way they operate on files stored
on their PCs.</li>
<li>Provide continuity of object names and associated object information across
national languages. For example, this ensures that individual characters remain
the same when switching from the code page of one language to the code page
of another language.</li>
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