Feb 20

Xsan 2 Is Available

Yesterday, the Apple Store was down. As usual, everyone expected something big to happen, and they got what they were waiting for, a new product from Apple. In fact, this is more an update than a completely new product, but I think it's a pretty interesting subject, especially since we didn't talk about it here, so far. Oh, did I forget to tell you what is this all about?

Xsan 2

Ladies and gentlemen, just a few hours ago, Apple updated its Apple Store site, to accomodate the first major update to its enterprise class Storage Area Network (SAN) file sustem for Mac OS X!

Xsan 2 allows now even easier setup of a SAN, and introduces MultiSAN, a feature allowing workstation users to gain simultaneous access to multiple SANs, and apart from being fully integrated with Apple's Mac OS X Leopard and Server Leopard, Xsan 2 is also certified to work with third-party RAID storage devices.

At last, it should be noted that Xsan 2, being fully integrated with Mac OS X, as I was just saying, is able to take full advantage of Apple's operating system facilities, such as Spotlight, for searching data on multiple SAN volumes, but it doesn't stop here, because iCal Server, Mail Server or Podcast Producer are also able to integrate with Xsan 2, supporting clustered file systems, to improve performance and scalability.

If you want to know more about this, then you should visit the official page, here. Good luck!