In the blade world, external SAS storage is the new kid on the block.  We see this category growing a lot in popularity in 2009, mostly because it's cheap, familar and pretty flexible for the server administrator to carve up storage in different ways without the cost and complexity of a SAN. 

We announced one of our first SAS storage products for server blades late last year, but you might of missed it while you were hunting for a Wii. 

If you're looking to consider some storage alternatives for your BladeSystem, the team created some helpful technical docs to help you evaluate SAS storage for blade servers.

Demo: Shared SAS storage for blade servers

Solution Brief: BladeSystem SAS storage

Build a virtual blade infrastructure. Features SAS storage for blades with VMware. 'HP Solution Block' that highlights shared SAS storage for blades in a virtual environment:

Any questions about SAS storage blades?  Let's hear them!