RE: Windows Integration and Longhorn

Of course the real and true strength of Windoze (and now Linux) 
integration is when you get to two, three and more servers. You gotta 
love the ability to swap to a spare server in 10 seconds plus Windoze 
reboot time. Can't do that with the external solution. Ability to add 
disk on the fly at any time. Can't do that external. Ability to 'clone'

the disk images to make a test server. Can't do that with external. 

I've got to disagree here (no surprise). But I've yet to see something
you can do in IXS that you can't do on "external" windows boxes with a
SAN. I can re-target LUNs and reboot a machine on different hardware, I
can add disk on the fly (actually don't even need a san for that), and I
can clone the disk image at the san to create the test server w/out a
problem. 

The IXS is nothing more than a windows box with a san. Granted, it's all
"integrated", but it's just a san.

-Walden