Your assuming that I'm not aware of NFS, mount points, etc is ignorant at best.
The fact of the matter is I'm not referring to simply mounting some volumes to a mount folder on a linux server. I'm not slapping a 'new label' on any concept. I'm actually trying to combine multiple remote storage devices into a single logical volume. The space should all appear as a single drive in a single mounted location and any data should be distributed and indexed across this logical volume.
This is something you have not been able to do since the 70's. But in practice none of the technologies (from TCP/IP to disk drives, etc.) even existed back then.
What I was NOT asking for, was an ignorant *nix zealot to make assumptions about what I do or do not know and make assumptions about what I and 'today's users' are looking for. Thank you for response, sir, but your response was nothing more than a misguided attempt at making it sound like I'm some 'whippersnapper' who was looking for an easy fix. Regardless, if you'd kindly go away and keep your rude $.02 to yourself, that would be much appreciated.
What I was asking, is for anyone who has experience accomplishing this. I was asking for opinions on best platform, software involved, and overall experience.