Apple Xsan 2 - Manual (Page 11)

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Use this guide to learn how to use Xsan 2 to set up and
manage volumes on a storage area network.
This guide shows how to use Xsan 2 to combine RAID arrays into large, easy-to-expand
volumes of storage that clients use like local disks, but which are actually shared over
a high-speed Fibre Channel fabric. The guide is updated for Xsan 2 version 2.3 and
contains the following sections.
Chapter  1, “Quick SAN setup,” has instructions for setting up a storage area network
(SAN) for the first time using new computers with Mac OS X Lion or Lion Server, new
RAID systems, and a default SAN configuration.
Chapter
 2, “Overview of Xsan,” provides an overview of Xsan and how you can use it
to organize RAID arrays into shared volumes of storage.
Chapter
 3, “Plan a SAN,” describes hardware and software requirements, and offers
SAN planning guidelines.
Chapter
 4, “Set up a SAN,” shows the basic steps for setting up a SAN.
Chapter  5, “Manage SAN storage,” contains instructions for expanding storage, creating
folders with affinities, changing volume and storage pool settings, and checking,
defragmenting, and repairing SAN volumes.
Chapter
 6, “Manage clients and users,” 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 through quotas.
Chapter
 7, “Manage metadata controllers,” contains information about managing
volume metadata controllers.
Chapter
 8, “Monitor SAN status,” shows how to monitor and automatically report the
condition of a SAN.
Chapter
 9, “Solve SAN problems,” lists solutions to common problems you might
encounter.
Appendix
 A, “Upgrade to Xsan 2.3,” explains how to upgrade from earlier versions
of Xsan.
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