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Leopard Reference
Storage devices include disk drives, tape drives, RAID arrays, and Storage Area Network (SAN) file systems. Mac OS X handles storage devices using a stack of drivers, each of which supports some aspect of communication. Developers can use the BSD interface and the I/O Kit to access storage devices. Administrators can use Xsan to aggregate networks of storage devices and to configure 64-bit cluster file systems.
Essential information for developers manipulating file systems in Mac OS X.  
Storage Topics
View the complete Storage Reference List.
Apple Applications
Solutions such as Xsan, which offers high-performance network storage. 		 
File Management
Xsan, which provides high-speed access to expandable storage. 		 
Mac OS X Server
High-capacity storage using Xserve RAID arrays and Xsan file systems.