1. A method for utilizing a network-based file system from a client terminal, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising: processing an input command on the client terminal for use of the network-based file system; initiating a task in response to the input command, including concatenating multiple file system operations associated with the input command and communicating the multiple file system operations to the network-based file system as a single communication; and asynchronously processing one more replies to the one or more file system operations.