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Performing a test – Apple Xsan 1.x User Manual

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Chapter 2

Using the Xsan Tuner Application

Performing a Test

To test the performance of a SAN volume, you need to:

 Prepare the client computers
 Choose test type and related settings
 Start the test

Step 1:

Prepare the Client Computer

1

Make sure that the Xsan volume you want to test is mounted on the client.

If the volume is not mounted, use Xsan Admin to mount it.

2

Copy the Xsan Tuner application to the client you want to test.

Note: You can use the Xsan Tuner application only on computers running Mac OS X
version 10.4 or Mac OS X Server version 10.4 Tiger or later. For information on moving
your Xsan environment to Tiger, see the Xsan Migration Guide, available at
www.apple.com/server/documentation.

3

To test multiple clients on the SAN simultaneously, repeat steps 1 and 2 for each client.

Mount the Xsan volume

on the client . . .

. . . and install the Xsan
Tuner application.