A while back I posted something about iScsi SANS.  What I’d really like to see, once all is said and done, is to be able to virtualize almost every server we have.  I’ve been eyeing up the Lefthand redundant storage solution but the price is always an issue.  Up until recently, the likelyhood of moving forward with virtualizing our servers and storage has been out of the question due to funding.  Now, I’ve seen a small crack of light from the door accidently being opened up a crack so I’m just going to pretend it’s going to open and I’ll be showered with budget numbers and blank purchase orders.

I just noticed a post by a netapp employee, Dave.  I haven’t thought of running VMWare over NFS to a NAS.  To me, without looking at pricing*.  Any thoughts on this?

*Sales people, when someone from a K-12 Public School District calls for pricing, it’s not because they’re ready to buy.  We’re calling because if we can’t afford it, we’re not buying it.  I don’t even bother getting too deep into a possible project without knowing the pricing because that’s the bottom line regardless of features.  To the bosses, it’s as simple as why and how much?  When I see “call for pricing”, I cringe.  When someone tells me I have to sign an NDA to get pricing, goodbye.