Asynchronous input and output for snapshots of virtual machines

A method, comprising:

• determining a quantity of shards to be created for a virtual machine based at least in part on a network condition;
• sharding, based at least in part on determining the quantity of shards, the virtual machine into a plurality of shards comprising the quantity of shards;
• requesting, based at least in part on sharding the virtual machine, shard snapshots for the plurality of shards;
• receiving, in response to requesting the shard snapshots, the shard snapshots for the plurality of shards;
• ordering, based at least in part on receiving the shard snapshots, the shard snapshots;
• and
• storing, based at least in part on ordering the shard snapshots, a snapshot of the virtual machine based on the shard snapshots.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing code comprising instructions executable by a processor of an electronic device to cause the electronic device to:

• determine a quantity of shards to be created for a virtual machine based at least in part on a network condition;
• shard, based at least in part on determining the quantity of shards, the virtual machine into a plurality of shards comprising the quantity of shards;
• request, based at least in part on sharding the virtual machine, shard snapshots for the plurality of shards;
• receive, in response to requesting the shard snapshots, the shard snapshots for the plurality of shards;
• order, based at least in part on receiving the shard snapshots, the shard snapshots;
• and
• store, based at least in part on ordering the shard snapshots, a snapshot of the virtual machine based on the shard snapshots.