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Overview of xsan, What is xsan – Apple Xsan 1.4 User Manual

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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.