Here's an interesting architecture around the emerging trends around storage and specifically around scale-out NAS solutions. This article does a good job explaining the needs for scale-out NAS solutions and their evolution into cloud based solutions.
The article mentions some potential solutions that include Symantec's FileStore product. FileStore is one of the fastest performing scale-out NAS solutions in the market. While VirtualStore is not mentioned in this article it is a completely software solution that can be used to gain the same benefits mentioned in the article while using existing storage hardware.
Check out the blog at: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/feature/Scale-out-NAS-object-storage-cloud-gateways-replacing-fi...
You can find more information about Symantec's FileStore and VirtualStore products at
VirtualStore
New Release: Introducing Symantec VirtualStore
FileStore
Symantec FileStore Sets SPECsfs Performance Record
Boost Performance and Scalability with FileStore-Embedded NAS appliances
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