Contents
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 4
CURRENT SOLUTIONS ........................................................................................................... 6
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
SAN Architecture criteria ........................................................................................................ 8
Apple Clients .......................................................................................................................... 8
Windows Clients .................................................................................................................... 8
IBM DS Storage ..................................................................................................................... 9
Solutions .................................................................................................................................. 12
Linux Homogenous .............................................................................................................. 13
Heterogeneous .................................................................................................................... 13
SOLUTION INSTALLATION .................................................................................................... 17
Overview .......................................................................................................................... 20
Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide
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