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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Guang Cheng Li, Beijing, CN;
Yong Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Qi Ming Teng, Beijing, CN;
Lin Feng Shen, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for reducing resource consumption in container image management. Embodiments include receiving directory information and checksum information corresponding to a plurality of files of a container image. Embodiments include determining, based on the directory information and the checksum information, whether each file of the plurality of files is present in a repository. For each respective file of the plurality of files that is determined to be present in the repository, embodiments include updating a file list for the container image to indicate a respective location in the repository of the respective file. For each given file of the plurality of files that is determined not to be present in the repository, embodiments include storing the given file at a given location in the repository and updating the file list for the container image to indicate the given location in the repository of the given file.