Apple has released the Xsan Tuner application for testing and tuning Xsan installations.

About the Xsan Tuner Application

The Xsan Tuner application is used to test the data and video transfer capabilities of your storage area network and it’s Xsan volumes. Xsan Tuner can simulate both standard UNIX reads and writes as well as Final Cut Pro video reads and writes for a variety of common video formats.

Use Xsan Tuner to see if your SAN can handle planned workloads before you put it into production use. An Xsan Tuning Guide is provided along with the application to help understand the Xsan Tuner results as well as provide configuration suggestions to optimize your SAN performance.

To use the Xsan Tuner application, you need the following:

• Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server v10.4.2 or later
• Xsan 1.1 or later