iSCSI aintn't dead yet
Don't be so quick to dismiss iSCSI, there's been a resurgence of it driven by VMware's inbuilt support, and 10 gig Ethernet changes the game somewhat. When Equallogic and their ilk finally have 10 gig controllers shipping and solid state drive support the performance will give the big boys a run for their money. Totally agree that I could do all the same stuff on a Sun Thumper box, and more besides (NFS/CIFS), but the next couple of years will be interesting.