Apple Xsan 2 (Third Edition) - Manual (Page 10)

10 Preface About This Book
Appendix B, “Using the Command Line,” describes command-line utilities and Â
configuration files you can use to manage an Xsan SAN from the Terminal
application.
What’s New in Xsan 2
Xsan 2 offers these new features and capabilities:
The Xsan Admin application is redesigned to simplify SAN management. Â
Xsan Admin enables you to turn on drive activity lights to identify LUNs. Â
A volume setup assistant guides you through the process of creating volumes for Â
common purposes such as video editing and file services.
The volume setup assistant also organizes available storage into storage pools for
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you, based on the way you plan to use the volume.
More than one storage pool can have the same affinity tag.
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Each volume has a separate failover priority. Â
Xsan 2.2: You can install Xsan on computers running Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server Â
version 10.6.
Xsan 2.2: Xsan uses the 64-bit kernel for improved performance when running on
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Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server v10.6.
Xsan 2.2: The Xsan file system supports extended attributes
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Xsan 2.2: Xsan is compatible with StorNext v3.5. Â
Version Compatibility
The following table shows the compatibility of Xsan 2.2 metadata controllers and
clients with earlier Xsan versions and with StorNext controllers and clients.
Controller Client Compatible
Xsan 2.2 Xsan 2.2 Yes
Xsan 2.0 through 2.1.1 Yes, for volumes that don’t use
extended attributes
Xsan 1.x No
StorNext FX 1.4 or 2.0 Yes
StorNext FX 1.3 or 2.4–2.6 No
StorNext FS 2.8–3.5 Yes