Planar file system for organizing and interrelating large data sets

Abstract

In certain embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving, from a user interface and at a planar file system manager executing on one or more processors, a planar file system configuration request comprising a plurality of planes and a plurality of plane relationships, wherein the plurality of plane relationships comprise a sub-planar relationship between a plane and a sub-plane and an orthogonal relationship between two separate planes of the plurality of planes; configuring, by the planar file system manager, a storage environment to include a planar file system based on the planar file system configuration request; receiving, from the user interface, a plane operation request to perform an operation on a plane of the planar file system, wherein the plane operation request comprises a plane identifier corresponding to the plane; and performing, based on the plane operation request, the operation on the plane.