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Re: Xsan Hardware requirements "4 workstations"
by C M Irvin on Nov 1, 2006 at 8:38:56 pm

We have an Xsan setup here that is very similar to what you are proposing.

Here are some key points:

As long as you have backups of your configuration files, having one MDC might be OK - assuming you don't care about downtime!

If you have 2+ MDCs, you can upgrade your Xsan software without having to incur downtime by failing over to your standby while doing the upgrade.

If you want to reshare your SAN over NFS, SaMBa, or AFP - you probably don't want to do that on your only MDC.

If you are following the suggested setup, you'll want to configure Open Directory - Including handling Xsan fail-over, your standby controller is well used as an OD replica (or even as your primary OD server).

Good luck!

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Xsan Hardware requirements "4 workstations" by icsproducer on Oct 19, 2006 at 10:00:37 pm
- Re: Xsan Hardware requirements "4 workstations" by Shane Sokolosky on Oct 19, 2006 at 11:30:08 pm
  - Re: Xsan Hardware requirements "4 workstations" by icsproducer on Oct 21, 2006 at 7:00:29 pm
    - Re: Xsan Hardware requirements "4 workstations" by Mark Raudonis on Oct 21, 2006 at 7:55:46 pm
      - Re: Xsan Hardware requirements "4 workstations" by Shane Sokolosky on Oct 22, 2006 at 1:14:42 am
        Look at the Apple 4 seat Xsan Quick Setup guide by Peter Wiggins on Oct 28, 2006 at 1:21:06 am
        Re: Look at the Apple 4 seat Xsan Quick Setup guide by Bob Zelin on Oct 31, 2006 at 9:12:33 pm
        Re: Look at the Apple 4 seat Xsan Quick Setup guide by icsproducer on Nov 6, 2006 at 10:14:40 pm
        Re: Look at the Apple 4 seat Xsan Quick Setup guide by Ben Cheng on Nov 7, 2006 at 6:37:35 pm
        Re: Look at the Apple 4 seat Xsan Quick Setup guide by Timecode Multimedia on Nov 8, 2006 at 5:59:04 pm
        Re: Look at the Apple 4 seat Xsan Quick Setup guide by icsproducer on Nov 8, 2006 at 6:46:34 pm
        Re: Look at the Apple 4 seat Xsan Quick Setup guide by Shane Sokolosky on Nov 9, 2006 at 12:21:15 am
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- Re: Xsan Hardware requirements "4 workstations" by C M Irvin on Nov 1, 2006 at 8:38:56 pm

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