1. A system for facilitating manipulation of a file system on a virtual storage volume of a distributed computing network, the system comprising: at least one processor; at least one interface; and memory; a first plurality of virtual filer appliances including a first virtual filer appliance operable to perform at least one file system manipulation on at least one file system type; the first virtual filer appliance including an image of an operating system (OS) operable to be loaded or booted in a first virtual machine to thereby enable a first running instance of the first virtual filer appliance to be created or instantiated at the distributed computing network; the system being operable to: identify, for performing a first file system manipulation, a first virtual storage volume having a first file system, the first file system corresponding to a first file system type; identify, from the first plurality of virtual filer appliances, a selected virtual filer appliance that is suitable for performing the first file system manipulation at the first virtual storage volume; automatically starting an instance of the selected virtual filer appliance; and automatically providing the instance of the selected virtual filer appliance with access to the first virtual storage volume.