User guide
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Use this guide to learn how to use Xsan 2 to set up and
manage volumes on a storage area network.
This guide shows how to use Xsan 2 to combine RAID arrays into large, easy-to-expand
volumes of storage that clients use like local disks, but which are actually shared over
a high-speed Fibre Channel fabric. The guide is updated for Xsan 2 version 2.2 and
contains the following sections.
Chapter 1, “Overview of Xsan,” provides an overview of Xsan and how you can use it Â
to organize RAID arrays into shared volumes of storage.
Chapter 2, “Planning a Storage Area Network,” describes hardware and software Â
requirements, and oers SAN planning guidelines.
Chapter 3, “Setting Up a Storage Area Network,” shows the basic steps for setting up Â
a SAN.
Chapter 4, “Managing SAN Storage,” contains instructions for expanding storage, Â
creating folders with anities, changing volume and storage pool settings, and
checking, defragmenting, and repairing SAN volumes.
Chapter 5, “Managing Clients and Users,” shows how to add client computers Â
to a SAN, mount volumes on clients, control client and user access to SAN les,
and control user space through quotas.
Chapter 6, “Managing Metadata Controllers,” contains information about managing Â
volume metadata controllers.
Chapter 7, “Monitoring SAN Status,” shows how to monitor and automatically report Â
the condition of a SAN.
Chapter 8, “Solving SAN Problems,” lists solutions to common problems you might Â
encounter.
Appendix A, “Combining Xsan Controllers and StorNext Clients,” contains Â
information to help you use Xsan metadata controllers with Quantum StorNext
clients.
Preface
About This Book