http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/rick_heiges/archive/2012/12/11/is-the-san-dying.aspxIs the SAN dying? The reason that I ask this question is that MSFT has unleashed technologies this year that point in that direction Always ON Availability Groups shuns shared storage Windows 2012 has Storage Replication Technology that does not requireenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/rick_heiges/archive/2012/12/11/is-the-san-dying.aspx#46615Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:14:07 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:46615jchang<p>if there is any market segment that should die, it it the storage vendors, almost all of whom put out expensive crap with horrible performance. Unfortunately, people seem to like buying expensive crap with horrible performance too much to try a Windows SMB built with good Infini-band connections.</p> http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/rick_heiges/archive/2012/12/11/is-the-san-dying.aspx#46617Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:44:23 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:46617ML<p>Same as VMware</p> http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/rick_heiges/archive/2012/12/11/is-the-san-dying.aspx#46618Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:23:50 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:46618RichB<p>If the vendors slash their pricing they may stand a chance... but otherwise looks like the end as far as SQL Server needs go.</p>