Lesson 2. Hardware and Software Requirements
There are a number of components necessary to configure a SAN:
• Apple Xsan software
• Supported controller and client computers
• Supported storage devices
• Fibre Channel fabric, adapters, and switches
• Ethernet network
• Directory services (optional)
• Outgoing mail service (optional)
Supported Computers
Memory
Metadata Controllers
Controllers should have a minimum of 512 MB of RAM. In cases where you will have more than one volume, allocate 512 MB RAM per volume for optimal performance. ECC (Error ...
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