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       * Capacity 12TB or 24TB (with usable space roughly half of each figure)
-===== Proposed architecture =====
+===== Proposed NetApp architecture =====
+Proposed architecture assuming we expand ICT's existing NetApp rack with extra controllers and storage.
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+**Key points**:
+  * Raw storage is sliced in several chunks and shared appropriately
+  * NetApp exports CIFS shares to corporate clients and servers (users authenticate with Active Directory credentials)
+  * NetApp exports iSCSI block devices to Linux servers in order to allow them to manage their own storage/access/users directly in the OS
+===== Alternatives =====
+  * Build our own storage, ala Backblaze "pods": http://blog.backblaze.com/2011/07/20/petabytes-on-a-budget-v2-0revealing-more-secrets/
+  * Using FreeBSD + ZFS?