X-San ?

[Dof]

Hi all,

Anybody has a successtory yet about implementing Apple x-san ?

I’m planning to put some time in playing around with this and any help or tips would be appreciated.

One quick question:

Can x-san be tested without expensive Raid and FiberChannel hardware ?

Thanks !

[Dof]

Thanks !

So since my boss isn’t happy to invest on expensive hardware for testing purposes i guess i have to stick with reading the manual 🙂

A x-san installation is already planned for one of our customers (why do customers only have the cool stuff 😉 ) so it comes to on the job training !!

[steven_h_d]

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So to set up the x-san do you have to purchase 1 lic for each server connected?

That’s kinda what I got from the manual. So that was steep, after having bought the
x- serves and unlimited lic OS.?

We are looking at that as well, to replica 9 building servers (one master, 8 and use one data storage x-raid for the teachers files.

[akinspe]

Actually you CAN test an xsan without all the fibre goodness, but that’s really only to test the XSan admin app. You can create a single node Xsan that uses firewire drives as the LUNS/storage pools. This clearly isn’t the same as a real san and obviously you won’t be able to test throughput, etc. But it at least allows you to test xsan a bit. If you have an ADC select account you can d/l a dev version of Xsan to test out so your investment is minimal.

I would highly recommend Peachpit’s Xsan quick reference guide as it is an invaluable overview to all that is xsan.

[steven_h_d]

I might get the demo, but has I have seen with replica’s.
The proof is when the users start hammering the data.
😀

[steven_h_d]

steven_h_d wrote:

I might get the demo, but has I have seen with replica’s.
The proof is when the users start hammering the data.
😀

Sorry forgot to login first.
So I approve this messege.

Running 22 x-serve, (5 in replica mode) 3 x-raid and counting……… 🙄

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