公开(公告)号：US20180091590A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：US15277902

申请日：2016-09-27

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Mihnea Olteanu ,  Bharath Siravara ,  Marius Popa ,  Xin Yao ,  Vui Chiap Lam

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/24

CPC classification number: H04L41/044 ,  G06F9/5077 ,  H04L41/042 ,  H04L67/38

Abstract: The current document is directed to methods and systems that efficiently distribute virtual-machine images (“VM images”) among servers within large, distributed-computer-system-implemented IAAS platforms to facilitate temporally and computationally efficient instantiation of virtual machines within the servers. In implementations discussed below, VM images are stored in a distributed fashion throughout one or more distributed computing systems, using several different VM-image-distribution models, in order to balance computational-resource usage, temporal constraints, and other factors and considerations related to VM-image distribution and VM instantiation.

公开(公告)号：US11057263B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US15277902

申请日：2016-09-27

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Mihnea Olteanu ,  Bharath Siravara ,  Marius Popa ,  Xin Yao ,  Vui Chiap Lam

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/50

Abstract: The current document is directed to methods and systems that efficiently distribute virtual-machine images (“VM images”) among servers within large, distributed-computer-system-implemented IAAS platforms to facilitate temporally and computationally efficient instantiation of virtual machines within the servers. In implementations discussed below, VM images are stored in a distributed fashion throughout one or more distributed computing systems, using several different VM-image-distribution models, in order to balance computational-resource usage, temporal constraints, and other factors and considerations related to VM-image distribution and VM instantiation.