# Getting Started CATA network contains two parts: 1 metadata storage, which is designed based on Minerva. 2 file storage, which is designed based on FLOW resource node in first period. Minerva is a storage plugin of Drill that connects IPFS's decentralized storage and Drill's flexible query engine. We then revise the IPFS to Flow. Any data file stored on FLOW can be easily accessed from Drill's query interface, just like a file stored on a local disk. Moreover, with Drill's capability of distributed execution, other instances who are also running Minerva can help accelerate the execution: the data stays where it was, and the queries go to the most suitable nodes which stores the data locally and from there the operations can be performed most efficiently. FLOW resource storage Cluster is a distributed application that works as a sidecar to FLOW peers, maintaining a global cluster pinset and intelligently allocating its items to the IPFS peers: FLOW Cluster provides data orchestration across a swarm of FLOW daemons by allocating, replicating and tracking a global pinset distributed among multiple peers. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://cata-network.gitbook.io/cata-docs/tutorial/get-started.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.