1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: discovering a resource stored within at least one memory element included in a distributed computing architecture; determining a classification for the resource based on one or more classification criteria; determining whether the classification corresponds to a record within a database; and if the classification corresponds to a record within the database, then: incrementing a counter associated with the record; or if the classification does not correspond to a record within the database, then: initializing another record within the database that corresponds to the classification, and initializing another counter associated with the another record.