1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; and a manager residing in the memory and executed by the at least one processor, the manager comprising a state streaming mechanism that initializes a first plurality of streams on a plurality of virtual machines coupled to the apparatus, the first plurality of streams comprising state data for the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the state streaming mechanism initializes a second plurality of streams on a plurality of host computer systems coupled to the apparatus, the second plurality of streams comprising state data for the plurality of host computer systems, the state streaming mechanism creating a plurality of operators to operate on at least one stream in the first and second plurality of streams.