Xsan is a cluster file system for Mac OS X. Its primary use is to allow multiple Fiber Channel hosts to access multiple Xserve RAIDs with the use of a fibre channel switch.
Release history[]
Apple Inc. first announced Xsan in 2004.
- Xsan 1.0 began shipping on January 4, 2005.
- Xsan 1.2 shipped in May 2006.
- Xsan 1.4 shipped on August 7, 2006.
- Xsan 2 shipped on February 19, 2008 with MultiSAN.
- Xsan 2.3 shipped on July 20, 2011 with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- Xsan 3 shipped on July 25, 2012 with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- Xsan 4 shipped on October 17, 2014 with OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- Xsan 5 shipped on September 20, 2016 with macOS 10.12 Sierra
References[]
External links[]
- Xsan at Apple (archived 2004-06-02, 2005-01-05)
- Mac OS X Server, Xserve, Xsan Documentation (archived 2005-01-17)
- Xsan Administrator's Guide (archived 2005-05-20)
- Xsan Deployment Advice at AFP548.com (archived 2005-04-25)
- Xsan at Krypted
- Xsan at Wikipedia