If you want to create an iSCSI target functionality in a storage device, you need to have iSCSI target software. iSCSI target support connectivity to remote storage devices over a standard IP network, regardless of where the device resides. With iSCSI target software you can gain full access to remote storage, as though the device was installed on a local machine.
Business of all sizes as well as private users can benefit from a simple way to perform backups, disaster recovery and simplify storage management. iSCSI target software supports home as well as industry standard servers and various Microsoft Windows operating systems.
One iSCSI target may share one or more logical units. Logical units are usually abbreviated to LUN (standing for Logical Unit Number). iSCSI targets are available in many forms. They can be represented by hardware version – iSCSI storage array or by an iSCSI target software – to be installed on any normal server, e.g. for Linux there is the iSCSI Enterprise Target. iSCSI Servers implement iSCSI target functionality in many ways.
Some iSCSI storage arrays have exactly one iSCSI target (storage array). Others can have many iSCSI targets. iSCSI target software allows to define and configure up to hundreds of iSCSI targets and assign them to random hardware or virtualized network interfaces.
iSCSI target software is ideal for use anywhere centralized, networked storage is required, such as virtual environments, Windows server clusters or back up to disk. iSCSI target software allows any server (Windows, Linux, UNIX etc) to access centralized storage and gaining all the benefits of a storage area network (SAN).
iSCSSI target software does not have to be a commercial product. To enjoy iSCSI functionality you try free versions of iSCSI target applications. Free iSCSI target software can provide up to 2TB of storage capacity. iSCSI target allows customers to centralize storage assets, simplify storage management and deploy more robust backup and disaster recovery solutions at lower costs than previously available.
