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| Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
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| Initial release | January 4, 2005[1] |
| Stable release | 5.0.1 (included in macOS Server 5.11.1 released December 14, 2020)
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| Operating system | macOS |
| Type | Shared disk file system |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | macOS Server specs |
Xsan (/ˈɛksæn/) is Apple Inc.'s storage area network (SAN) or clustered file system for macOS. Xsan enables multiple Mac desktop and Xserve systems to access shared block storage over a Fibre Channel network. With the Xsan file system installed, these computers can read and write to the same storage volume at the same time. Xsan is a complete SAN solution that includes the metadata controller software, the file system client software, and integrated setup, management and monitoring tools.
Xsan has all the normal features to be expected in an enterprise shared disk file system, including support for large files and file systems, multiple mounted file systems, metadata controller failover for fault tolerance, and support for multiple operating systems.