Anyone installed or migrated to Lion-based Xsan?

[Bob Zelin]

the only thing “free” is the user license. You still need the fibre array, the QLogic switch, the fibre cards, a metadata server (2), two networks and the fibre network, and of course – the knowlege to do all of this. So how much cheaper is it to build an XSAN system today – for a 6 seat system, you save $6000. Otherwise, the price is the same as before.

Bob Zelin

[Allan White]

Bob, you see things clearly as always. Have you heard anything about how reliable the new XSAN/Lion server is working for people?

We have the physical infrastructure paid for; what interests me now is the cheaper seats. With the new Thunderbolt-to-FC adapters, that’s opening up some neat new possibilities for some of our people with Thunderbolt-equipped machines. But, that’s a lot of new newness at once, so thought I’d ask the experts. =)

– Allan White, Video Producer, Luis Palau Assoc.

Quad 3Ghz Mac Pro, 10GB RAM, X1900 GPU, XSAN, CatDV Server

[Bob Zelin]

I unfortunately do not know one person who is running XSAN that has upgraded to OS X Lion.

Jordan Woods on the XSAN forum is the expert on this subject.
Yes, the idea of using a Mac Mini as a metadata server with the Promise TBolt to Fibre adaptor (to go to a QLogic switch) is very appealing. But I do not know one person who has done this.

Bob Zelin