Apple Xsan 1.1 - Manual (Page 13)

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Overview of Xsan
This chapter gives you an overview of Xsan and storage
area networks.
Read this chapter for an overview of Xsan and how you can use it to set up a storage
area network (SAN) to provide fast, shared storage.
What Is Xsan?
Xsan is a storage area network file system and a management application (Xsan Admin)
that you can use to provide users or applications on client computers with shared high-
speed access to expandable storage.
Xsan lets you
combine RAID arrays
into volumes clients
use like local disks.
Volumes
Fibre
Channel
SAN vol
RAID
arrays (LUNs)
Storage
pools