Xsan 2 - Technical Specifications
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