That's pretty much how to do it. Nothing different from the way  that I have always moved files around. Go for it!!

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Shane

Can't Really help on the clustering stuff but moving system databases is not much of a job either.

All info is in the following webpage:- http://databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3379901

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shane

Looks like what you've got is an external disk array attached directly to your server (SCSI connections should be perfect as they can handle I/O etc. very well + plus...

From what I've read it's seems to be a very costly way of storing your backups. Is your SAN full to capacity and can't handle a growing database? If so...