Xsan 1.4 released: better support for >2 TB Fibre Channel

Apple has released Xsan 1.4, a maintenance update to its enterprise-class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system.

The new release includes fixes for:

• labeling and initializing Fibre Channel LUNs larger than 2TB in size
• expanding storage pools and volumes
• working with multiple Xsan metadata controllers in a heterogeneous environment
• displaying progress messages while performing lengthy operations
• preventing custom configuration changes from being overwritten during a save
• accurately reporting Fibre Channel multipathing errors

Xsan 1.4 is available as a 15.6 MB standalone download.

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