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
With all the patching and fixing to make ready for 
Apple's 
This one is for the enterprise, pro video and pro audio readers out there. I'd be mighty surprised if any of you had a SAN setup in your living rooms, as appealing as that may be! Xsan is Apple's high-performance 
I think someone at Apple declared today 'Update Day.' First it was the 
Attention
Xsan users, Apple has just released a number of updates. They include:
You want to deploy Xsan on a few Xserves, and you don't know the first thing about RAID options or LUNS. The obvious question is, 'Why are you deploying Xsan if you know nothing about it?' The answer is clear, 'Because it is just so darned cool!'
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