Methods and subsystems that efficiently distribute VM images in distributed computing systems
US11057263B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/131
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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.
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