I have run FreeNAS as an ISCIS target before, connecting with the built in MS ISCSI initiator. Feature set I was impressed by, performance, not so much. Of course I had like 5 20GB IDE drives in a JBOD array in a p3-933 box.
It was Cool - just not something I'd put into real production. Maybe if I had some decent disk it would have been better. StandAlone, does not run on Windows http://www.freenas.org/ From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: iSCSI target on Server 2008 The connects to the target, and all OS's have a "free" initiator. It's very limited but check out starwind software http://www.starwindsoftware.com/product-chart. A 2GB maximum drive /total shared is pretty tiny for the free version. OpenFiler is free and doesn't have those limitations, but does not run on Windows. On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Kim Longenbaugh <k...@colonialsavings.com<mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com>> wrote: Well, it's not free, but it's included in the cost of the OS license: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=12cb3c1a-15d6-4 585-b385-befd1319f825&displaylang=en<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=12cb3c1a-15d6-4585-b385-befd1319f825&displaylang=en> "Overview This is the latest version of the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator. The Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator enables connection of a Windows host to an external iSCSI storage array using Ethernet NICs. This download can be installed on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. For Vista and Windows Server 2008, the iSCSI initiator is included inbox. The Microsoft iSCSI software initiator makes it possible for businesses to take advantage of existing network infrastructure to enable block-based Storage Area Networks without having to invest in additional hardware." -----Original Message----- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu<mailto:jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu>] Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: iSCSI target on Server 2008 Is there a free or inexpensive way of putting an iSCSI target on a Server 2008 box? Thanks for your help. Curt Finley ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
