1. A method for massively parallel processing, comprising: initiating a management instance on an initial machine, the management instance generating an initial database partition corresponding to the initial machine; determining a total number of database partitions desired for processing a database, the total number of database partitions including the initial database partition; determining a number of additional machines available to process the database; grouping the initial machine and the additional machines together in a pod; generating a database partition-to-processing node mapping chart in accordance with the total number of database partitions and the number of additional machines; storing a pod configuration for the pod, wherein the pod configuration comprises a pod name; and after initiating the management instance on the initial machine, launching the management instance on the additional machines in the pod to generate the total number of database partitions desired for the database, without reinitiating the management instance on the initial machine and without regenerating the initial database partition.