Vmware, Inc.

Mahesh Jethanandani

Sachin Thakkar

Venu Gopala Rao Kotha

Shruti Parihar

Akshatha Sathyanarayan

An orchestrator process can efficiently distribute images of virtual network functions ('VNFs') in a telco network. The images can be accompanied by metadata that describes VNF requirements, such as computing requirements and functional characteristics. Based on the image metadata and location of a virtual infrastructure manager ('VIM'), the orchestrator can select a storage location and deploy the image to the storage location. The VIM can instantiate a corresponding VNF by retrieving the image. The orchestrator can track the storage location and cause the VIM to delete the image if the image is not used for a threshold period of time.

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Mahesh Jethanandani