Xsan: Compatibility of Xsan metadata controllers (MDCs) and clients
Summary
In some situations, you can use clients and metadata controllers with different versions of Xsan in the same SAN.
In all cases, the versions of Xsan and Mac OS X on the metadata controller must the same as, or later than, the latest versions on a client.
Products Affected
Xsan 1.4, Xsan 2, Xsan 2.2, Xsan 2.1
This chart shows the minimum Xsan client version that is compatible with the Xsan version on the metadata controller.
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MDC version |
Minimum client version |
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Xsan 1.4.2 |
Xsan 1.4.2 |
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Xsan 2.0-2.1.1 |
Xsan 2.0 |
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Xsan 2.2 |
Xsan 2.1.1 (see note below) |
Note: In order to use native extended attributes, all members of the SAN must be running Xsan 2.2 or later.
Additional Information
For details about the version of Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server required for each version of Xsan, see this article.
For information about compatibility between Xsan and StorNext filesystems, see this article.