The Case for Content Search of VM Clouds

The success of cloud computing can lead to large, centralized collections of virtual machine~(VM) images. The ability to interactively search these VM images at a high semantic level emerges as an important capability. This paper examines the opportunities and challenges in creating such a search capability, and presents early evidence of its feasibility.

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