Apple Xsan 2 (Third Edition) - Manual (Page 6)

Setting Up a SAN 6
If you already have a SAN that you want to upgrade to Xsan 2, you’ll find instructions in
the Xsan 2 Migration Guide at www.apple.com/xsan/resources/.
Equipment You’ll Need
To set up a new SAN using the instructions in this guide, you need:
RAID storage devices for SAN storage Â
Two computers running Mac OS X Server v10.6 to act as SAN metadata controllers Â
One or more SAN client computers running Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server v10.6 Â
An Intel processor and at least 2 GB of RAM in each SAN computer Â
An additional 2 GB of RAM per SAN volume in each metadata controller Â
An Apple Fibre Channel card installed in each SAN computer Â
A Fibre Channel switch and cables for all storage devices and computers Â
An Ethernet switch and cables for the private SAN metadata network Â
A second Ethernet switch and cables for public intranet and Internet access Â
An equipment rack for your RAID storage systems and Xserve computers Â
A list of qualified RAID systems and Fibre Channel switches is available on the Xsan
website at www.apple.com/xsan/.