US Patent 7974985 System and method for duplication of virtual server files

A method and system for managing files in a server environment includes launching a plurality of virtual servers in a computing system; copying a content of a file of a virtual server to a shared space; providing access to the file copy in the shared space when the virtual server attempts to access the file; detecting files with the same content in other virtual servers; and providing access to the file copy in the shared space from the other virtual servers when they attempt to access their files with the identical content.