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Hi Team found this Independent Test on HP and Dell hardware
http://infostor.com/articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ONART&C=TOPNW&ARTICLE_ID=310965
It is posted on the LeftHand News Page but this is easier to find and here is an excerpt of what it covers it covers -
OpenBench Labs scenario
UNDER EXAMINATION
Virtual appliance for storage virtualization
WHAT WE TESTED
LeftHand Networks? Virtual SAN Appliance for VMware ESX
Install a highly available SAN without additional hardware
Leverage VI3's VMotion, HA and DRS features
Simplify system administration through automation
Provide a DR solution to remote or branch offices
HOW WE TESTED
HP ProLiant DL580 G3 server
Dell PowerEdge 1900 server
VMware ESX Server V3
Windows 2003 Server SP2
BENCHMARK
oblDisk
KEY FINDINGS
Full virtualization of direct-attached storage
Simplified iSCSI SAN infrastructure management through automation of standard storage administration tasks
Leverage all advanced VMware features, which depend on shared storage such as VMotion
No single point of failure with multiple levels of data replication
No additional hardware required to create an iSCSI SAN.
Reality is defined by the physical universe and your mind - "Its the second one that varies" :-)
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