# Managing EFS file systems
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File system management tasks include managing a file system's network accessibility with mount targets, changing its throughput mode, updating its lifecycle policies, and managing its encryption.

You can perform these file system management tasks using the AWS Management Console, or programmatically using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) or API, as discussed in the following sections.

**Topics**
+ [Understanding file system status](file-system-state.md)
+ [Managing mount targets](accessing-fs.md)
+ [Managing file system throughput](managing-throughput.md)
+ [Managing storage lifecycle](lifecycle-management-efs.md)