1. A file system, comprising: a plurality of computing cluster building blocks comprising a parallel file system, each of the plurality of computing cluster building blocks comprising: a file system client, the file system client serves a file system application request, a storage module coupled to the file system client, the storage module serves a data request for the file system client, and a building block metadata module coupled to the storage module, the building block metadata module tracks a storage location of data allocated by the storage module within the computing cluster building block; and a file system metadata module coupled to the plurality of computing cluster building blocks, the file system metadata module tracks which of the plurality of computing cluster building blocks data is allocated among within the parallel file system.