Software:Comparison of iSCSI targets
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An iSCSI target is a storage resource located on an iSCSI server (more generally, one of potentially many instances of iSCSI storage nodes running on that server) as a "target". An iSCSI target usually represents hard disk storage, often accessed using an Ethernet-based network.
Comparison chart
Software packages are available to allow a customer to configure a computer with disk drives and a network interface to be an iSCSI target.
Function | FalconStor | FreeNAS | Microsoft Windows Storage Server[1] | Open-E [2] | Openfiler |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous Data Protection (CDP) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Snapshot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mirroring and Replication | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Thin Provisioning | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
I/O caching | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Multi-user mutual CHAP authorization | No | No | No | No | No |
IPsec tunnelling | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Software RAID | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Virtual Optical Drive | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Virtual tape library | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Microsoft Management Console support | No | Yes | No | No | No |
PerfMon support | No | No | Yes | No | No |
High availability support | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, but unstable [3] | No |
VHD support | Yes | Yes-CHAP | Yes | Yes | No |
Dynamically expanding file support | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Virtual Burner support | No | No | No | No | No |
EventViewer support | No | No | Yes | No | No |
MPIO | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Windows Volume Snapshot Service | No | No | Yes | No | No |
VMware integration toolkit | No | No | No | No | No |
Remote management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Unlimited Network Interface Controller Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Old v:1) |
Storage unlimited | No 64 TB | Yes | Yes | No 4/8/16 (more need additional license) | Yes |
References
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison of iSCSI targets.
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