The development of iSCSI has centered on building a foundation for IP SANs utilizing virtualization for efficiency, simplicity, availability and flexibility. iSCSI technology leverages existing networks to consolidate storage and servers, while increasing capacity, expandability and performance. Here are some Killer Apps for iSCSI.

"In the long run, creating an enterprise-wide centralized storage management solution has helped [us] achieve the most efficient utilization of existing Fibre Channel and Ethernet IP networking investments."

-- Senior Director

"From easy compatibility with Virtual Server 2005 R2, to superior scalability and an excellent price point, [our] IP SAN has more than met our needs."

-- Programmer Analyst

"We have slashed our administrative costs while optimizing our storage in ways that weren't possible before…this pivotal piece of technology will keep our data readily available."

-- Network Manager

"We are able to have an ideal backup system that we envisioned at an affordable cost. It's like having a big business solution for a small business company."

-- Network Administrator

"With the SAN in place, it takes less than a few minutes to replace a blade server. We simply point the server at the SAN, and we're up and running on the new server almost instantly."

-- Systems Engineer

"With DAS, we chewed through a 250GB local disk for e-mail archiving alone in less than two months… my options were to either throw more disks into the fray, or go the SAN route, which would allow me to take storage and allocate it across several systems."

-- Systems Engineer