tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post1705095789290961280..comments2009-12-06T10:37:52.370Zianhfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223784099797393996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-64387721424938696972009-12-06T10:37:52.370Z2009-12-06T10:37:52.370ZIan, we have standards at present and often they get in the way of working in the most efficient manner. I agree with you that this will become less important as the technologies change. I can see a time when we allocate data-space to a service with perhaps high and low water-marks as guidance allowing the array/devices to provision/allocate/deallocate on demand.<br /><br />Certainly as we move to arrays which move blocks around according to access profiles, the allocation of LUNs becomes an archiac concept. <br /><br />As I have said numerous times, this all feels a bit like moving back into the world of the mainframe. Not a bad thing really as long as the processes put in move faster than glacial.6p010534b1c8f7970bhttp://profile.typepad.com/6p010534b1c8f7970bnoreply@blogger.com