Content library-based de-duplication for transferring VMs to a cloud computing system
US10133749B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 24, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5077
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An example provides a method of creating an instance of a virtual machine in a cloud computing system that includes: accepting a network connection at a server resource in the cloud computing system from a first client resource in a first virtualized computing system to transfer a first virtual machine; receiving first signatures for guest files of the first virtual machine from the first client resource; checking the first signatures against a content library in the cloud computing system to identify first duplicate files of the guest files that match first base files stored in the content library, and to identify first unique files of the guest files; instructing the first client resource such that a response to the instructing will send the first unique files to the exclusion of the first duplicate files; and generating an instance of the first virtual machine in the cloud computing system having the first base files and the first unique files.
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