Clint Dilks wrote: > Dell have recently announced a product that may help a lot with this > they call it Virtualized ISCSI devices see > http://www.cns-service.com/equallogic/pdfs/WP910_Virtualized_iSCSI_SANs.pdf Getting OT but http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/92113 http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/vsa/index.html Network RAID – only available from HP * The ultimate in high availability: Traditional hardware RAID and redundant components are simply not good enough when it comes to your data. Only HP offers Network RAID which protects you from outside-the-box issues such as human error, power, cooling and networking issues. * Per-volume redundancy: You control which volumes will be protected by Network RAID. * Space efficient protection: Network RAID does require additional capacity. But oh is it worth it! Also, VSA offers other efficiencies that more than compensate for this extra storage. Thin provisioning is a great example. Provision volumes at their actual size and allocate additional storage only as it’s required.