A method includes, in a computing system (20) including one or more compute nodes (24) that run workloads (36), booting a workload of a given type, and creating a post-boot snapshot (80) of the workload at a point at which the workload completed booting but did not yet begin running user applications. In response to a request to initiate a new workload of the given type, the new workload is initiated starting from the post-boot snapshot.
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