METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING FILES AMONG DIFFERENT VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES

摘要

A system and method comprise steps of: a) creating a first virtual image comprising one or more files; b) determining whether there exists a second virtual image that is identical to the first virtual image c) comparing the one or more files of the first virtual image with the one or more files of the second virtual image to determine a set of common files; d) creating a common file collection comprising the set of common files; f) creating a second version of the first virtual image comprising only files in the first virtual image that are not in the common file collection; and g) creating a second version of the second virtual image comprising only files in the second virtual image that are not in the common file collection.