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.
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) | ||||||
| Snapshot | ||||||
| Mirroring and Replication | ||||||
| Thin Provisioning | ||||||
| I/O caching | ||||||
| Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) | ||||||
| Multi-user mutual CHAP authorization | ||||||
| IPsec tunnelling | ||||||
| Software RAID | ||||||
| Virtual Optical Drive | ||||||
| Virtual tape library | ||||||
| Microsoft Management Console support | ||||||
| PerfMon support | ||||||
| High availability support | , but unstable [3] | |||||
| VHD support | -CHAP | |||||
| Dynamically expanding file support | ||||||
| Virtual Burner support | ||||||
| EventViewer support | ||||||
| MPIO | ||||||
| Windows Volume Snapshot Service | ||||||
| VMware integration toolkit | ||||||
| Remote management | ||||||
| Unlimited Network Interface Controller Support | (Old v:1) | |||||
| Storage unlimited | 64 TB | 4/8/16 (more need additional license) |