Systems and methods for performing bulk file storage system actions over a network protocol

A method comprising:

• exposing, by a data storage system that hosts data for a client system, a target file system object to the client system, the target file system object being associated with a corresponding action;
• receiving, at the data storage system, a request from the client system via a network file system access protocol, the request comprising an instruction to perform a file system interaction between a source file system object and the target file system object, wherein the file system action differs from the corresponding action;
• determining, in response to detecting the file system interaction and based on the association between the target file system object and the corresponding action, that the corresponding action is to be performed on the source file system object at the data storage system instead of the file system action;
• and
• performing the corresponding action on the source file system object at the data storage system.

A system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform a process comprising:
• exposing, to a client system, a target deletion file system object that is associated with a snapshot file system action and a bulk deletion file system action at a data storage system that hosts data for the client system;
• detecting, by way of a message received from the client system via a network file system access protocol, a file system interaction between the target deletion file system object and a source file system object that represents a plurality of files;
• and
• in response to detecting the file system interaction between the source file system object and the target deletion file system object:
• generating, by performing the snapshot file system action, a snapshot of the source file system object and the plurality of files;
• and
• deleting, by performing the bulk deletion file system action, the source file system object and the plurality of files.