Embodiments of the application provide a file access method. A computing node receives a file open request that carries a file identifier. The computing node obtains an index node of a file that is identified by the file identifier. The computing node further obtains, based on the index node, a physical address space of a memory area in a file storage area, in which the file is stored. The computing node allocates a virtual address space to the file, and recodes a virtual-physical address mapping relationship by using a memory page table. The virtual-physical address mapping relationship includes a mapping relationship between the virtual address space and the physical address space.