hi!
if you have some extra time let鈥檚 discuss on some actions that can be done to improve the experience of scanning VMs 
related to this thread - Improvements to scanning whole machine
moreover this week we had a thread here - Grype scans in batches large SBOMs - #18 by TimBrown1611
which is related to big VMs scanning
moreover, will really appreciate to try and continue reviewing this PR - Squashed all layers by tomersein 路 Pull Request #3138 路 anchore/syft 路 GitHub
thanks!