Apple Xsan Setup Guide download pdf (Page 6)

Setting Up a SAN6

If you already have a SAN that you want to upgrade to Xsan 2, you’ll nd 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 qualied RAID systems and Fibre Channel switches is available on the Xsan

website at www.apple.com/xsan/.

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Apple Xsan Setup Guide Page 6