Apple Xsan 1.1 - Manual (Page 9)

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About This Guide
Use this guide to learn how to set up and manage Xsan
volumes on a storage area network.
This guide shows how to use Xsan to combine Xserve RAID arrays and slices into large,
easy-to-expand volumes of storage that clients use like local disks but are actually
shared over a high-speed Fibre Channel fabric.
Chapter 1 provides an overview of Xsan and how you can use it to organize RAID arrays
into shared volumes of storage.
Chapter 2 includes hardware and software requirements, SAN planning guidelines, and
basic steps for setting up an Xsan volume.
Chapter 3 contains instructions for expanding storage, creating folders with affinities,
changing volume and storage pool settings, and checking, defragmenting, and
repairing SAN volumes.
Chapter 4 shows how to add client computers to a SAN, mount volumes on clients,
control client and user access to SAN files, and control user space using quotas.
Chapter 5 contains information on managing volume metadata controllers.
Chapter 6 includes instructions for monitoring and automatically reporting the
condition of a SAN.
Chapter 7 lists solutions to common problems you might encounter.
Appendix A contains information to help you combine Xsan controllers or clients with
ADIC StorNext controllers or clients in the same SAN.
Appendix B describes command-line utilities and configuration files you can use to
manage an Xsan SAN using Terminal.