| HTML clipboard | | | | partitions and would let you edit them. |
| Mac OS X provides a utility to perform disk related | | | | In spite of the fact that the Disk Utility would allow it, |
| tasks. These tasks include creation of disk images, | | | | you must not apply Disk Utility on the Mac OS X 10.4.5 |
| mounting/un-mounting file system, enabling/disabling | | | | volumes which are used on a client of XSAN 1.3 |
| journaling, verifying disk integrity, erasing/formatting | | | | because this process makes all the disk volumes |
| partitioning hard drive and checking S.M.A.R.T | | | | inaccessible. The ultimate result would be the |
| (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) | | | | inaccessibility and loss of your mission critical data. |
| status. But, sometimes using this tool improperly may | | | | XSAN is Apple’s SAN (Storage Area Network) or |
| cause data loss and need Mac Data Recovery to | | | | clustered file system for Apple Mac OS X operating |
| extract the lost data. | | | | systems. It enables several Mac systems to access |
| In a practical scenario of data loss with Disk Utility, | | | | shared block storage over FibreChannel network. With |
| when you attempt to edit Mac OS X 10.4.5 volumes of | | | | XSAN file system installed, the clients can read from |
| XSAN 1.3 clients, the volumes may become | | | | or write to same storage simultaneously. |
| inaccessible and unusable. This behavior cause critical | | | | When the data loss occurs, you need to figure out the |
| data loss situations. | | | | cause of the issue (as physical or logical factors) and |
| If you are using XSAN 1.3 with Mac OS X 10.4.5 on | | | | practice the right approach to recover lost data. It is |
| client systems, Disk Utility would show you all the | | | | possible by thorough scanning of all affected Mac hard |
| volumes as unknown GPT (GUID Partition Table) | | | | drives. |