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"We partition databases, create LUNs, then the DBAs do their thing, then the server group," he says. "We want to get rid of those steps and automate the flow."

That's where standards and good resource management products come in.

"We'd replace our storage management tools with standards-based vendor tools if we could," he says "We consider storage management outside our core competence. We would rather use commercial products to manage. That's why standards matter to us."

Cost matters, too. Strong says cheaper SANs head his wish list. He maintains cheaper systems and storage is offset by larger per port infrastructure costs. "That constrains our ability to scale," he says.

Dave Raffo, Senior Editor, Byte and Switch

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