Comparison of iSCSI targets

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	Microsoft Windows Storage Server[1]	Open-E [2]	Openfiler
Continuous Data Protection (CDP)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Snapshot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mirroring and Replication [disambiguation needed ]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Thin Provisioning	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
I/O caching	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Challenge-handshake authentication protocol	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multi-user mutual CHAP authorization	No	No	No	No	No	No
IPsec tunnelling	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Software RAID	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
SPTI	No	No	No	No	No	No
RAM disks	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Virtual Optical Drive	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Virtual tape library	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Microsoft Management Console support	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
PerfMon support	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
High availability support	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
VHD support	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Dynamically expanding file support	No	No	No	No	No	No
Virtual Burner support	No	No	No	No	No	No
EventViewer support	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
MPIO	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Volume Snapshot Service	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
VMware integration toolkit	No	No	No	No	No	No
Remote management	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Windows Server Core Support	No	No	No	No	No	No
Unlimited Network Interface Controller Support	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	4/8/16 (more need additional license)	Unlimited

References

1. ^ "Windows Storage Server 2008". http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd573326%28WS.10%29.aspx. 
2. ^ "Data Storage Software V6 (DSS V6)". http://www.open-e.com/products/open-e-dss-v6/.