we do boot from SAN with our hp blades. if you have the ability to do clones with your EMC SAN, you can image your servers in a matter of seconds using boot from SAN. _______________________________________________ Jon Luchette Emerson Hospital Technology Specialist III Work: 978-287-3369 Cell: 978-360-1379 jluchette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ ________________________________ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eldon Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:13 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] SAN Benefits for Citrix My organization just installed an EMC SAN and I was thinking how I could use it to benefit my current (XP FR3) and future (upgrading to PS 4) environment. How can I use the SAN to enhance my Citrix deployment (currently 15 servers, 250 concurrent users, hardware become outdated and soon needs replacement)? I was told by our SAN Admin that booting new servers from the SAN would probably be cost prohibitive.