Synthetic File System Tree Generation and Associated Methods Thereof

Methods and systems for a networked storage environment are provided. One method includes generating a plurality of metrics associated with a file system from a scan of the file system; defining a synthetic file tree based on a tree descriptor, a seed value and a total number of entries for the synthetic tree, the tree descriptor based on one or more of the plurality of metrics; utilizing, by a first worker process, a first portion of the tree descriptor and the seed value to generate a first subset of the synthetic file tree; and utilizing, by a second worker process, a second portion of the tree descriptor and the seed value to generate a second subset of the synthetic file tree.