Comparison of iSCSI targets: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Added new iSCSI Target, updated information, correct typos |
→Comparison Chart of software iSCSI targets: FreeNAS does indeed have snapshots and replication |
||
| Line 36: | Line 36: | ||
| {{Yes}} |
| {{Yes}} |
||
| {{Yes}} |
| {{Yes}} |
||
| {{ |
| {{Yes}} |
||
| {{Yes}} |
| {{Yes}} |
||
| {{Yes}} |
| {{Yes}} |
||
| Line 45: | Line 45: | ||
| {{Yes}} |
| {{Yes}} |
||
| {{Yes}} |
| {{Yes}} |
||
| {{ |
| {{Yes}} |
||
| {{Yes}} |
| {{Yes}} |
||
| {{Yes}} |
| {{Yes}} |
||
Revision as of 13:27, 13 October 2011
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
(June 2011)No issues specified. Please specify issues, or remove this template. |
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 of software iSCSI targets
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 | AMI StorTrends | FalconStor | FreeNAS | iStorage Server [1] | Microsoft Windows Storage Server[2] | Open-E [3] | Openfiler |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous Data Protection (CDP) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Snapshot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mirroring and Replication [disambiguation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Thin Provisioning | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| I/O caching | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Challenge-handshake authentication protocol | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-user mutual CHAP authorization | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| IPsec tunnelling | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Software RAID | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| SPTI | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| RAM disks | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Virtual Optical Drive | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual tape library | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Management Console support | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| PerfMon support | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| High availability support | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| VHD support | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Dynamically expanding file support | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Virtual Burner support | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| EventViewer support | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| MPIO | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Volume Snapshot Service | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| VMware integration toolkit | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Remote management | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Windows Server Core Support | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Unlimited Network Interface Controller Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes(Old v:1) |
| 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 |
References
External links
- Joachim Nässlander (August 6, 2009). "A feature comparison of iSCSI Target Software for Windows" (PDF). Retrieved May 4, 2011.