| Xsan 2 - Part Numbers |
| Xsan 2 |
MB081Z/A |
| Apple Maintenance Program for Xsan |
D2977Z/A |
| AppleCare Xsan Support |
M9754LL/A |
System requirements
Mac OS X v10.5 or Mac OS X Server v10.5 or later, Intel or PowerPC G5 processor, at least 2GB of RAM and an additional 2GB for each hosted volume and Apple Fibre Channel card. For maximum performance, a dedicated Ethernet interface is recommended for file system metadata communications.
Storage and networking requirements
Switched Ethernet LAN, qualified RAID storage system, and qualified Fibre Channel switch. For maximum performance, a dedicated Ethernet interface is recommended for file system metadata communications.
Qualified RAID storage
Xserve RAID, Promise VTrak E-Class RAID Subsystem
Qualified Fibre Channel switches
Brocade Silkworm 200E, 4100, 4900; QLogic SANbox 2-64, 1400, 5200, 5600, 9100, and 9200 series; Cisco MDS 9000 family
Xsan 2 - Technical Specifications
SAN File Sharing
- 64-bit cluster file system
- Fibre Channel connectivity
- Concurrent read/write access
- Block-level access
- File and byte-range locking
High Availability
- Metadata controller failover
- Fibre Channel multipathing
- Journaled file system
- Controller failover prioritization
Performance
- Striping across multiple disk arrays (LUNs)
- Volume configuration profiles (high-definition and standard-definition video, file sharing, network home directories, iCal Server and Mail Server clustering, Podcast Producer)
Volume Management
- Storage pools
- Striping across multiple LUNs
- Online volume expansion
- Volume mapping
- MultiSAN
Data Management
- Affinities for automated data placement
- Open Directory, Active Directory, and LDAP integration
- User and group quotas
- Flexible file permissions (access control lists)
- Spotlight indexing and search
Remote Administration
- Xsan Admin 2 with SAN Setup assistant
- Real-time monitoring
- Graphs and logging
- Event notifications via email or pager
What’s in the Box
- Xsan 2 CD
- Setup Guide
- Electronic documentation