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Xsan enables you to share one or more Xserve RAID devices with multiple Xserve or Macintosh systems. With the Xsan file system installed, these computers can read and write to the same storage volume at the same time. Xsan includes all the software required for a complete SAN solution including the metadata controller software, the file system client software and integrated setup, management and monitoring tools. Xserve RAID is Apple Computers mass storage rack mounted device. ... A small Xserve cluster with an Xserve RAID. Xserve is the name of Apple Computers Macintosh 1U rackmount line of server computers. ...

In Apple's own words on the Xsan homepage: "You may also use Xsan in a cross-platform environment alongside Windows-, UNIX- and Linux-based systems, using the Quantum StorNext File System, which is 100% interoperable with Xsan." A cross-platform (or platform independent) programming language, software application or hardware device works on more than one system platform (e. ... 1. ... Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®) is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system. ... Quantums StorNext Data management software designed to streamline digital workflows and reduce data retention costs. ... Interoperability is the name for the characteristic whereby products can work together to accomplish tasks, usually by dint of standard file formats or network protocols. ...

History

On August 7, 2006, Apple announced Xsan 1.4. Xsan 1.4 is available for Intel-based Macintosh computers as a Universal binary and supports file system access control lists. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is an American multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... The Macintosh 128K, the first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac The Macintosh (commonly known as Mac) is a range of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Inc. ... Universal Binary Logo A Universal binary is — in Apple Computers parlance — an application bundle that runs natively on both PowerPC- and x86 (Intel)-based Macintosh computers. ... In computing, a file system (often also written as filesystem) is a method for storing and organizing computer files and the data they contain to make it easy to find and access them. ... In computer security, an access control list (ACL) is a list of permissions attached to an object. ...

In May 2006, Apple released Xsan 1.2 with support for volume sizes nearly 2 petabyte in size. A petabyte (derived from the SI prefix peta- ) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to one quadrillion bytes. ...

On December 5, 2006 Apple released Xsan 1.4.1.

External links

• Apple's Xsan page