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+authors: Marius Pana <mp@spearhead.systems>
+state: predraft
+---
+
+> things we would like from our EBS
+> * extremely simple to setup
+> * api support (cloudapi?)
+> * proxy protoicol support
+> * complete billing/usage metering
+
+> should be iscsi based? does this require rethinking our shared nothing architecture?
+> this may lend itself better to single socket servers, high ram/cpu density, all EBS backed
+
+# RFD 4 Spearhead Cloud Elastic Block Devices
+
+## Overview
+
+
+# What problem are we solving?
+
+
+## Key Requirements
+
+
+## How will users interact with these features?
+
+
+
+## What repositories are being changed, if known?
+
+
+
+## What is the security impact?
+