Filed under: Apple Professional, Software Update, Xserve
Apple drops Xsan update 2.1
If you use Xsan, then you might want to take note of the new update that Apple dropped yesterday. Apple updated Xsan Admin, Xsan Filesystem and the Xsan Uninstaller to version 2.1. According to the update note, the Xsan Filesystem update fixes:- Metadata controller reliability
- Using and validating file system Access Control Lists
- Upgrading from Xsan 1.4
- Using SAN Setup Assistant to configure volumes, LUNs and affinities
- Changing a computer between client and metadata controller roles
- Listing computers connected to the SAN
- Visually displaying when LUNs have been truncated
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ThreeBKK said 7:25AM on 6-13-2008
Just by reading the headline, I thought you meant that Apple posted, then retracted the update. The meaning wasn't clear until after I read the article.
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goboColossus (LIVE, PSN - gobopop) said 7:33AM on 6-13-2008
Apple should have posted this, rather than dropped. I was confused as well :)
Andrew Rush said 9:47AM on 6-13-2008
picky picky...
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imatt said 10:45AM on 6-13-2008
I agree. I'm not concerned with XSAN, but wanted to post that "dropped" is certainly not the best word choice for the headline.
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kurt.tappe said 11:26AM on 6-13-2008
Not to pile on, but I'd like to also ask TUAW not to use the word "dropped" in this way. It will commonly be taken to mean exactly the opposite of what you are trying to say.
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Stace said 1:22PM on 6-13-2008
"Drops"? Really?
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blatz said 3:31PM on 6-13-2008
God, yes, I agree. I also initially thought the headline meant that Apple had discontinued Xsan.
TUAW bloggers, you are neither urban nor hiphop music journalists. Indiscriminately using the word "drop" to mean "released"--especially in the context of computer software-- makes you look really stupid. Please cease and desist.
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homagetogorto said 3:36PM on 6-13-2008
The last time I dropped software, I no longer had to support it.
The last time I dropped anything else, I flushed.
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Mr. Nosuch said 12:11PM on 6-14-2008
More clarity, less attempts at "clever" and/or hip in headlines, please.
The word "drop" when applied to software has a certain connotation, as anyone involved with technology might be aware.
As you ponder possible alternatives, please do not consider "cut", no matter how cool it might sound.
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Marcos El Malo said 5:11AM on 6-14-2008
This is what happens when a nerd tries to be hip. Sorry, Cory, but it's true. You did an awesome job leading up to and including WWDC.
Albums "drop" in the sense you were using the word, not software. The reference is to good old vinyl records, and how they would drop onto the turntable from where they were held waiting on the spindle on old-fashioned sets. Also, note the word order. The album drops. Saying the album is dropped, or that someone dropped the album, would imply that, well, that they physically dropped it, leading to a broken record.
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Justin Bell said 3:39AM on 6-18-2008
Don't you mean "release"? "Drop" makes it sounds as if something has been discontinued. You know you need to brush up your editorial skills when a high school English drop-out like me starts suggesting corrections. It's not like TUAW is someone's personal, non-commercial blog.
Yeah, know this is a redundant comment, but perhaps if enough of them get through, TUAW might even begin to look professional.
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