Patent ID: 9354908
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for instantly restoring virtual machines in high input/output load environments, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a hypervisor that is configurable to maintain simultaneous connections to multiple datastores of a network-attached-storage system; receiving a request to activate a new virtual machine on the hypervisor; determining a usage of at least one connection from the hypervisor to at least one datastore of the network-attached-storage system at least in part by determining that the usage comprises an instant recovery of a virtual machine, wherein the instant recovery comprises providing an application with read/write access to data stored within a virtual disk of the virtual machine before the virtual disk has been completely restored; selecting, based on the usage of the connection, a designated connection from the hypervisor to a designated datastore of the network-attached-storage system for use by the new virtual machine to store data on the network-attached-storage system.