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4 Mac, Windows and Linux Client Connectivity ......................................................................... 5 StorNext File Sharing Environments ...................................................................................... 5 CURRENT SOLUTIONS ........................................................................................................... 6 Supported Hardware Environments ....................................................................................... 6 Supported File Sharing Environments .................................................................................... 7 Note: A customer seeking connection that has already deployed Apple Xsan MDC will need to transition to a Quantum StorNext MDC running either on Linux or Windows Server. However the Apple Xsan clients can remain. ........................................................................................... 8 SOLUTION COMPONENT DESCRIPTIONS ........................................................................... 8 SAN Architecture criteria ........................................................................................................ 8 Apple Clients .......................................................................................................................... 8 Windows Clients .................................................................................................................... 8 Windows Server MDCs (Future Support) ............................................................................... 8 Linux StorNext Clients and MDCs .......................................................................................... 9 IBM DS Storage ..................................................................................................................... 9 Solutions .................................................................................................................................. 12 Apple Hardware Connect Only ............................................................................................. 12 Apple Servers and/or clients with no shared filed access ................................................. 12 Apple Homogenous Shared File .......................................................................................... 12 Apple Xsan Clients with Linux MDC (Meta Data Controller) ............................................. 12 Windows Client Hardware Connect Only ............................................................................. 12 Windows clients with no shared filed access .................................................................... 13 Linux Homogenous .............................................................................................................. 13 Linux StorNext Clients with Linux MDC ............................................................................ 13 Heterogeneous .................................................................................................................... 13 Apple Xsan Clients, Linux StorNext Clients, Windows Clients and Linux MDC ................ 13 APPLE, WINDOWS, and STORNEXT SUPPORT MATRIX .................................................... 13 SOLUTION RESTRICTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................... 15 RECOMMENDED RAID CONFIGURATIONS ......................................................................... 16 SOLUTION INSTALLATION .................................................................................................... 17 QUANTUM / APPLE JOINT PRODUCT SUPPORT PROGRAM ............................................ 20 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 20 Xsan Controlled SAN File System .................................................................................... 20 Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 2 © Copyright 2010, IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. StorNext Controlled SAN File System .............................................................................. 20 Cooperation Effort Between Apple and Quantum ............................................................. 20 Closing a Case ................................................................................................................. 20 MIGRATING FROM XSAN MDC TO STORNEXT MDC ...................................................... 21 ATTO Technology Inc. ............................................................................................................. 22 APPENDIX A: EXAMPLE CONFIGURATIONS ....................................................................... 24 Large Heterogeneous StorNext configuration ...................................................................... 24 Mid to large -sized “MAC Homogenous”StorNext configuration ........................................... 26 Mid-sized “MAC Homogenous”StorNext configurat...