System and method for optimized retention of container images in a cloud server

A computer program product for optimized retention of container images in a cloud server, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code portions embodied therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• an executable portion configured to identify a plurality of container images, wherein the plurality of container images is stored in the cloud server;
• an executable portion configured to generate a non-fungible token (NFT) associated with each container image;
• an executable portion configured to use an NFT scoring engine to calculate a score associated with each container image of the plurality of container images, wherein each score is calculated based on at least one of:
• a security protocol associated with the container image, a number of users of the container image, and a maximum user base associated with the container image;
• an executable portion configured to detect a system failure associated with the cloud server;
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• an executable portion configured to analyze the score for each of the plurality of container images and identify one or more container images to retain in the cloud server and one or more container images to archive to a cache memory.

A computer-implemented method for optimized retention of container images in a cloud server, the method comprising:

• identifying a plurality of container images, wherein the plurality of container images is stored in the cloud server;
• generating a non-fungible token (NFT) associated with each container image;
• using an NFT scoring engine to calculate a score associated with each container image of the plurality of container images, wherein each score is calculated based on at least one of:
• a security protocol associated with the container image, a number of users of the container image, and a maximum user base associated with the container image;
• detecting a system failure associated with the cloud server;
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• analyzing the score for each of the plurality of container images and identifying one or more container images to retain in the cloud server and one or more container images to archive to a cache memory.