A little more info, such as how you're going to use it, your budget, whether you're expecting to do this as a DIY, and whether you expect someone to support it would help refine the solution. Is this mission-critical? Does it need to be operational in 2 weeks, or just have it designed and the parts ordered? Are your primary protocols CIFS/SMB, NFS, iSCSI, FC/SCSI, or what?.
sub mesa has pretty much covered the DIY approach, although you'll also need at least one 8G FC adapter, which will add ~US$2500 to the price. However, note that DIY config doesn't provide controller/interface redundancy, or expansion beyond 48 disks / 96TB unless you go dual-port, SAS expanders, and more robust frames/cages, all of which will add significantly to the price. (Not to mention adding weeks or months integrating the parts and ensuring they work together.)
That said, I assume (but obviously may be wrong), that anyone looking for 96TB of 8G FC-connected storage isn't playing in the minor leagues, and isn't in the market for a DIY solution (and if they are, they probably need a whack with a very big clue stick). 8G FC? Really? Someone has expensive tastes, or has serious needs, and I assume that isn't just for grins-and-giggles, because the fabric to support it ain't cheap. Building such systems is Serious Business, requires Serious Engineering, and comes with Serious Price Tags.
I suggest picking up the phone ASAP and calling: Sun, Dell, HP and EMC. Of those, IMHO, the Sun 7310 (~US$40K starting price) and the 7410 (~US$60K starting price) offer the best bang-for-the-buck. (But expect to pay much more by the time you get done, especially for a 96TB system.) If your boss goes into sticker shock, offer the DIY solution, but only after very carefully CYA--and a lot more time and engineering work on your part--because it isn't nearly as easy as it might first look (integration of those oh-so-attractively-cheap DIY parts can be, and more often than not is, a gold-plated b*tch),. Not to mention that you're likely to be number-one on the receiving end of a massive sh*t-storm when it hiccups and all those systems that depend on it come crashing down.
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