# anyone use xserve/xraid/xsan? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 11, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-use-xserve-xraid-xsan/36792 "2007-10-11T06:21:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-use-xserve-xraid-xsan/36792/1 "2007-10-11T06:21:42Z")
if so, what are your thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-use-xserve-xraid-xsan/36792/2 "2007-10-11T06:28:57Z")
We use it for video storage and playback… I think I showed it to you when you stopped in… ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-use-xserve-xraid-xsan/36792/3 "2007-10-11T06:31:58Z")
![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/formulals1/IMAGE_001.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/formulals1/IMAGE_001.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/formulals1/IMAGE_002.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/formulals1/IMAGE_002.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-use-xserve-xraid-xsan/36792/4 "2007-10-11T06:32:46Z")
thats right!!! thoughts? can you dig up an invoice? how much storage do you have? ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-use-xserve-xraid-xsan/36792/5 "2007-10-11T06:33:43Z")
they look cool - don’t know if i’d ever use a mac server though… purely because i would not have a clue what to do with it though, it is not based on any real fact 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-use-xserve-xraid-xsan/36792/6 "2007-10-11T06:37:48Z")
They work well…Apple warranty’s the hard drives…We have had a couple fail but this thing is used to stream video 10-12 hours a day for a large number of users…and the those 3 arrays grouped together are 2-3 years old at least. I will check on the exact storage numbers. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-use-xserve-xraid-xsan/36792/7 "2007-10-11T06:39:15Z")
i am totally oblivious to these, do you just guys use them in conjunction to windows servers or does it have something comparable to AD? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-use-xserve-xraid-xsan/36792/8 "2007-10-11T06:49:23Z")
Its a Mac server…so its UNIX based you could have it authenticate via LDAP so yes it could use AD… In the setup its in currently we don’t do that though… ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-use-xserve-xraid-xsan/36792/9 "2007-10-11T07:08:16Z")
Those 3 are 5TB The new one above the blades is 7TB ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-use-xserve-xraid-xsan/36792/10 "2007-10-11T07:09:53Z")
Not sure if this helps you any, but you can easily authenticate mac workstations via AD and manage user settings via LDAP/Open Directory (from an xserve).