CRN: Hewlett-Packard is laying the foundation to move its storage to the next stage: grid computing.

Under a grid architecture, storage devices will act as intelligent nodes that can be turned off and on for instant scalability and easy management, said Hal Woods, CTO for storage area networks for HP’s StorageWorks unit, during a gathering of HP storage experts last week in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The approach could enable VARs to provide a single, integrated architecture that allows their customers to share storage devices and use them to quickly take advantage of new storage services by making those devices easier to install and reposition.

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