| 摘要 |
A virtual machine state tracking mechanism that uses object based storage in order to track state information for at least some of the virtual machines that are operating in an environment. In some cases, the virtual machine environment includes virtual machine appliances on which virtual machines are run, and a centralized storage. For one, some, or all of the virtual machines, a first portion of the virtual machine state may be kept on an appliance, whereas a second portion is kept on the centralized storage. In some cases, the object based storage is resident on an appliance within the virtual machine environment, and also stores the first portion of the virtual machine state as well as the state tracking information. The state tracking information may be used to efficiently check in and check out associated virtual machines. |
