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Nov 5, 2010 11:51 AM in response to JR2010by k.panic,Yeah, we're all ranting about it over here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2637894&tstart=0
So far we're all feeling a little lost. -
Nov 5, 2010 11:57 AM in response to JR2010by Jon Chappell,Just for the record, Apple has not mentioned anything about killing Xsan.
I think smaller houses will probably just cope with a Mac Pro as a metadata controller instead of an Xserve. As for the bigger houses, I'm not so sure. -
Nov 5, 2010 12:04 PM in response to Jon Chappellby JR2010,Yeah I know they haven't said anything about xsan, but I'm bracing for it for in case
Wow, that just *****. Seems every time we get things running smoothly and the bugs worked out... bam, dropped, slap to the face -
Nov 5, 2010 1:29 PM in response to JR2010by swander42,we moved from XSAN earlier this year because it wasn't the most stable pltform. We are using this now
http://www.quantum.com/Products/Software/StorNext/Index.aspx
works on the same basic technology, but it is run with Linux MDCs instead of macs. We have had pretty good luck with it so far. The only tricky thing is dealing with the permissions on the volume. Luckily for the most part all that was set on the data before we switched over, so it was just changing the security for the file servers for those connecting over LAN instead of fiber. The other thing that ***** is their licensing is not cheap. You can use XSAN client licenses for the mac clients, but for the windows and mac servers you have to connect each license is like 4k.
But their support is exponentially better then Apple's. -
Nov 5, 2010 5:13 PM in response to swander42by JR2010,I'll have to check that out, thanks for the info !