Method and System for Implementing Virtual Machine (VM) Management Using Hardware Compression

A system, comprising:

• a first computing system, comprising:
• at least one first processor;
• and
• a first non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one first processor, the first non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a first set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one first processor, causes the first computing system to:
• identify one or more first virtual machines (“VM's”) among a plurality of VM's that are determined to be currently inactive;
• and
• identify one or more second VM's among the plurality of VM's that are determined to be currently active;
• and
• a second computing system, comprising:
• at least one second processor;
• and
• a second non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one second processor, the second non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a second set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one second processor, causes the second computing system to:
• compress a virtual hard drive associated with each of the identified one or more first VM's that are determined to be currently inactive;
• wherein the first set of instructions, when executed by the at least one first processor, further causes the first computing system to:
• perform or continue to perform one or more operations using each of the identified one or more second VM's that are determined to be currently active.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the apparatus to:
• identify one or more first virtual machines (“VM's”) among a plurality of VM's that are determined to be currently inactive;
• identify one or more second VM's among the plurality of VM's that are determined to be currently active;
• compress a virtual hard drive associated with each of the identified one or more first VM's that are determined to be currently inactive;
• and
• perform or continue to perform one or more operations using each of the identified one or more second VM's that are determined to be currently active.