WOW! Look what I started. I really thank everyone for chiming in here and putting my mind at ease as well as give good advice. I did talk to the folks at LaCie and they gave me all the right answers as well. I’m so glad that the days of expensive storage are ending in this part of the market and look forward to trying it out. (don’t worry Apple, we have a rack that needs to be filled-up with Xserve RAIDs. Ours is lonely to be in a SAN).