1. A method for determining starting values of attributes for a virtual machine in a networked computing environment, comprising: receiving a request for a virtual machine from a requester; obtaining an image corresponding to the virtual machine; analyzing a set of statistics pertaining to at least one previous operation of a related virtual machine; recommending starting values for a set of attributes of the virtual machine based on the set of statistics; and generating an instance of the virtual machine based on the image, the instance having the starting values.