Apple Xsan 2 (Third Edition) - Manual (Page 13)

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Learn about storage area networks (SANs) and how Xsan
helps you set one up.
Read this chapter for an overview of Xsan and how you can use it to set up a SAN to
provide fast, shared storage.
San Volume
Mac OS X
Xsan lets you
combine RAID arrays
into volumes clients
use like local disks.
File data moves
over Fibre Channel
RAID
arrays (LUNs)
Storage
pools
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Overview of Xsan