Comparison of iSCSI targets
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iSCSI Target refers to 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 that works over the IP or Ethernet networks.
[edit] Comparison Chart of software iSCSI targets
| Function | AMI StorTrends | FalconStor | FreeNAS | Microsoft Windows Storage Server [1] | Nimbus | Open-E | Openfiler |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous Data Protection(CDP) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Snapshot | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mirroring and Replication | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Thin Provisioning | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| I/O caching | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Challenge-handshake authentication protocol | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IPsec tunnelling | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Software RAID | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SPTI | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| RAM Disks | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Virtual Optical Drive | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual tape library | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Management Console support | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| PerfMon support | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| EventViewer support | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| MPIO | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Volume Snapshot Service | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| VMware integration toolkit | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Remote management | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Windows Server Core Support | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Network Interface Controller limits | No | No | No | No | No | No | No 1(old soft)/Inlimited |
| Storage limits | 1/2/4/6/8/12/16 TB scalable to 64TB | 16 TB | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 4/8/16 (more need additional license) | Unlimited |
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