1. A method comprising: transmitting a discovery request to each of a plurality of resource nodes that each have a unique Internet protocol address and, collectively, present a logical representation of a plurality of physical resources; receiving, from one or more resource nodes of the plurality of resource nodes, node information that includes a name for each of the one or more resource nodes; and determining, from the names of each of the one or more resource nodes, an organizational structure of the plurality of resource nodes, the organizational structure being a parallel structure that will provide a resource consumer with access to a first data block of a data set stored on the plurality of physical resources through at least two resource nodes, or a serial structure that will provide the resource consumer with access to the first data block through a first resource node and access to a second data block, which is consecutive with the first data block, of the data set through a second resource node.