<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Xsan 1.2 is now available. The update can be obtained through Software Update or the support download page at:</DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px"><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001FE2">http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/</FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Xsan 1.2 is designed to support Tiger systems running 10.4.3 (or later), Panther system running 10.3.9 and includes a new Xsan Admin application for use with all Xsan deployments, even those continuing to run earlier releases. Xsan 1.2 is a software update release only, the shrink-wrap retail boxes and disc images are not being updated for the 1.2 release.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The update improves reliability and is recommended for all systems. This release includes fixes for:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">- labeling and initializing LUNs greater than 2TB in size</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">- improving AFP read and write performance when resharing Xsan volumes</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">- more accurate file permissions when sharing Xsan volumes via AFP</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">- accessing Xsan volumes larger than 16 terabyte in size</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">- greater server stability when resharing Xsan volumes via NFS</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">- handling quotas with no associated user or group name</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">- maintaining access to Xsan volumes when metadata controller failovers occur</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">- providing metadata controller services to 10.3.9 and 10.4 systems running Xsan 1.2</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">- operating Xsan in environments with a mix of 10.3.9 and 10.4 systems</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: <A href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302143"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0033DA">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302143</FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Migration Information</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The migration steps vary according to whether your starting point is Mac OS X 10.3.9 or Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later. Before you begin please refer to the AppleCare Knowledge Base article at: <A href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302731"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0023E1">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302731</FONT></A> This article contains information critical to ensuring a proper migration to Xsan 1.2.</DIV><BR><DIV> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Verdana">--<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco">Mateja Miljacki</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco"><A href="mailto:mateja@apple.com">mateja@apple.com</A></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco">Systems Engineer</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco">o: 617-718-9955</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco">AppleCare Support</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" color="#0000fe" style="font: 10.0px Monaco; color: #0000fe"><U><A href="http://search.apple.com">http://search.apple.com</A>/</U></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco">Apple Science</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" color="#0000fe" style="font: 10.0px Monaco; color: #0000fe"><U><A href="http://www.apple.com/science/">http://www.apple.com/science/</A></U></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco">Technical Resources for Integrating Mac OS X</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" color="#0000fe" style="font: 10.0px Monaco; color: #0000fe"><U><A href="http://www.apple.com/education/technicalresources/">http://www.apple.com/education/technicalresources/</A></U></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Verdana">--<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>