4.3. iSCSI
The iSCSI network storage protocol allows sending and receiving of SCSI commands over a TCP/IP network. This allows you to leverage the low-cost Ethernet medium to get SAN performance and network-based storage. While you can use pretty much any Ethernet switch, we recommend that if you use iSCSI, you either dedicate a switch to it or use quality switches and build a dedicated VLAN for iSCSI traffic.
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Small Tree (http://www.small-tree.com) makes a 10-gigabit Ethernet adapter and software with support for Mac OS X as well as a number of multi-port Ethernet cards that can supplement the two built into most modern Mac OS X desktop machines.
You can use iSCSI storage with Mac OS X. As with Xsan, to get started with iSCSI you'll need ...
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