So I need some sort of storage area network of clients. Okay, so I'm chopping up my database server somewhat, Making it easier to scale horizontally. I can live

So I need some sort of storage area network of clients. Okay, so I'm chopping up my database server somewhat, Making it easier to scale horizontally. I can live with this, but I wish it were stated explicitly. The SaaS model they're offering won't work for the sorts of things I'm interested in.