Apple Introduces XSan 2

The support for 3rd-party RAID storage is a big step forward for XSan. This will make it more viable in the enterprise as well as in data centers. Hopefully Apple continues to make their product more "enterprise friendly" as this would help extend the Apple footprint into the enterprise.

glad to see updates to this. it shows that they haven't forgotten about the server side of things. maybe one day i'll have one of these in my house! (first i gotta get a house :p )

Anyone seen anything regarding an upgrade price? Nothing on the Apple Store page. I have three 1.x licenses and don't think I should have to shell out 3 grand to "upgrade" to version 2.

I was looking at the product page, and a question came to mind. How does this compare to EMC's Celerra?

I was looking at the product page, and a question came to mind. How does this compare to EMC's Celerra?

Nothing in the world to do with each other as far as I can see. The Celerra is a file server. The Promise box is raid system. EMC's low to mid range storage is the "Clariion" - they are addicted to "C" words. Some Celerras have a standalone Clariion behind them.

Nothing in the world to do with each other as far as I can see. The Celerra is a file server. The Promise box is raid system. EMC's low to mid range storage is the "Clariion" - they are addicted to "C" words. Some Celerras have a standalone Clariion behind them.

Ah, okay. It was easier when all I had to remember was the Symetrix (and Connectrix).

The good: XSAN 2.0 :)
The BAD: Xserve RAID discontinued w/o warning! :mad:

We have two fully loaded and I am very upset that I cannot purchase any others. They have been rock solid units with tremendous reliabilty and ease of use. :(

Nothing in the world to do with each other as far as I can see. The Celerra is a file server. The Promise box is raid system. EMC's low to mid range storage is the "Clariion" - they are addicted to "C" words. Some Celerras have a standalone Clariion behind them.

The Celerra is not a file server. It is a raid based storage system that incorporates some SAN design principles, archiving methods based on usage and still requires a presenter (what you would consider a file server). It does, however, possess more features than the Promise system and price tag to match.

xsan 2? what does it even do? sounds like some type of raid management software.

xsan 2? what does it even do? sounds like some type of raid management software.

From my understanding, yeah that is basically what it is.