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#APPLE XSAN STORAGE MAC#
Since Xsan is built on the same technology as Quantum's cross-platform StorNext, the Active Storage team was able to create a Linux-based 1U metadata controller with Xsan-friendly setup and a native Mac administration tool. At Apple, every product we make is built to last. Metadata and journal data Xsan records information about the files in an Xsan volume using metadata files and a file system journal.
#APPLE XSAN STORAGE PRO#
While the Mac Pro is still an option for use as an MDC, the Mac mini server is not (no PCI slot to stash the FC card). faces: NAS (network attached storage) simply uses your existing network to access storage (usually as a file server). Xsan stores user files and file system data on SAN volumes, and stripes data across the LUNs in a volume for better performance. EonStor DS is a fast and reliable SAN storage with superior performance for media editors collaborating on macOS, Microsoft Windows, and Linux via high-speed Fiber channel or Ethernet network.
#APPLE XSAN STORAGE MAC OS X#
In order to make sure that individual client machines only get access to the stuff they're supposed to (and to guard against two machines writing to the same block at the same time), Xsan requires metadata controllers - traditionally Xserves or Mac Pros running Mac OS X Server and connected via PCI-based Fibre Channel cards to the SAN. Infortrend enhanced performance of its SAN storage EonStor DS that is ideally suited for building Apple Xsan SAN/StorNext. A typical Xsan deployment might include terabytes of storage (on Xserve RAID or Promise RAID redundant storage) available to users. NEWS BRIEFS Apple announced it has begun shipping Xsan, a high performance, enterprise class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system priced at the industry’s most aggressive price point of 999 per client and per server. They're widely deployed in video production environments, scientific computing and other spots where enterprises find the need to get lots of bits moved around in a big hurry.
Xsan is Apple's version of a storage area network/cluster file system, using high-speed Fibre Channel connections to allow bunches of workstations access to the same pool of data without clogging traditional Ethernet networks.
But today Active Storage introduced ActiveSAN, a high-performance metadata controller for Xsan and StorNext networks, intending to pick up where Xserve leaves off - at least for this specialized function. Xsan enables multiple Mac desktop and Xserve systems to access shared. At the end of the day (January 31), you will be leaving the product sales list after serving the Mac community faithfully for nearly nine years. Xsan is Apple Inc.s storage area network (SAN) or clustered file system for macOS.