This Xsan 2 retail box from 2008 includes the software to set up Apple’s SAN (Storage Area Network) solution on a Mac with a G5 processor with an Apple Fibre Channel card running Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server 10.5 or later.
The box uses the tagline, “Share terabytes of storage. Zero bottlenecks.”
The four key technologies highlighted on the box include:
- Simplified setup
- MultiSAN
- Full-throttle performance
- Spotlight
The Xsan 2 setup guide is not for the faint of heart. It lists “Equipment You’ll Need” and specifies, “To set up a SAN using the instructions in this guide, you need:”
- RAID storage devices for SAN storage
- Two computers running Mac OS X Server v10.5 to act as SAN metadata controllers
- One or more SAN client computers running Mac OS X v10.5 or Mac OS X Server v10.5
- An Intel or PowerPC G5 processor and at least 2 GB of RAM in each SAN computer
- An additional 2 GB per SAN volume in each metadata controller that hosts more
- than one SAN volume
- An Apple Fibre Channel PCI, PCI-X, or PCI-E card installed in each SAN computer
- A Fibre Channel switch and cables for all storage devices and computers
- An Ethernet switch and cables for the private SAN metadata network
- A second Ethernet switch and cables for public intranet and Internet access
- An equipment rack for your RAID storage systems and Xserve computers
- A list of qualified RAID systems and Fibre Channel switches is available on the Xsan website at www.apple.com/xsan
Source: Apple
