> Sorry for not really answering the question. Just an opinion on the > hardware, really. More than appreciated :) It sounds like 3 XRAIDS (with RAID 5), 6 servers is the way forward for reliable, expandable, fast storage as close as possibly to local storage in terms of performance. Elia --- Bioinformatics Program Manager Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory 1, Research Link Singapore 117604 Tel. +65 6874 4945 Fax. +65 6872 7007