varun wrote:
> i am looking for a software solution of storage virtualization with
> minimum hardware involved !!
> can anyone enlighten me about out of band storage virtualization ! As
> i am novice in field of SAN kindly advice me a good resource !!


Very little in the way of OOB approaches that don't require expensive
intelligent FC switches. Plenty of software in-band solutions
(FalconStor, DataCore, LeftHand etc)

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Nik Simpson