An iSCSI target is a storage resource located on an iSCSI

ISCSI

In computing, iSCSI , is an abbreviation of Internet Small Computer System Interface, an Internet Protocol -based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks, iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage...

 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

Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....

-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 American Megatrends American Megatrends Incorporated is an American hardware and software company that specializes in PC hardware and firmware. The company was founded in 1985 by Pat Sarma and S. Shankar, who was chairman and president...	FalconStor FalconStor FalconStor Software is a provider of disk-based data protection software. The Company's software includes Virtual Tape Library with data deduplication, Continuous Data Protector , File-interface Deduplication System and Network Storage Server , each enabled with WAN-optimized replication for...	FreeNAS FreeNAS FreeNAS is a free network-attached storage server, supporting: CIFS , FTP, NFS, rsync, AFP protocols, iSCSI, S.M.A.R.T., local user authentication, and software RAID , with a web-based configuration interface. FreeNAS takes less than 64 MB once installed on CompactFlash, hard drive or USB flash...	Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...  Windows Storage Server	Open-E	Openfiler Openfiler Openfiler is an operating system that provides file-based network-attached storage and block-based storage area network. It was created by Xinit Systems, and is based on the rPath Linux distribution. It is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2...
Continuous Data Protection Continuous data protection Continuous data protection , also called continuous backup or real-time backup, refers to backup of computer data by automatically saving a copy of every change made to that data, essentially capturing every version of the data that the user saves...  (CDP)
Snapshot Snapshot (computer storage) In computer systems, a snapshot is the state of a system at a particular point in time. The term was coined as an analogy to that in photography. It can refer to an actual copy of the state of a system or to a capability provided by certain systems....
Mirroring Mirror (computing) In computing, a mirror is an exact copy of a data set. On the Internet, a mirror site is an exact copy of another Internet site.Mirror sites are most commonly used to provide multiple sources of the same information, and are of particular value as a way of providing reliable access to large downloads...  and
Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning Thin provisioning is the act of using virtualization technology to give the appearance of more physical resource than is actually available. If you always have enough resource to simultaneously support all of the virtualized resources then you are not thin provisioned...
I/O caching Cache In computer engineering, a cache is a component that transparently stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster. The data that is stored within a cache might be values that have been computed earlier or duplicates of original values that are stored elsewhere...
Challenge-handshake authentication protocol Challenge-handshake authentication protocol In computing, the Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol authenticates a user or network host to an authenticating entity. That entity may be, for example, an Internet service provider. CHAP is specified in RFC 1994....
Multi-user mutual CHAP CHAP Chap may refer to:*The Chap, a British magazine*Chap, a caste in the Bhakkar district of the Punjab, Pakistan*Chap Sandi, a village in the tehsil of Kaloorkot in Bhakkar*Chap, a term for chewing tobacco*Chap, a word for no used in New Zealand...  authorization
IPsec tunnelling
Software RAID
SPTI
RAM disk RAM disk A RAM disk or RAM drive is a block of RAM that a computer's software is treating as if the memory were a disk drive... s
Virtual Optical Drive Virtual drive A virtual drive in computing is a device that to the operating system appears to be an ordinary physical disk drive, with disc images substituted for disc reading hardware through the use of software called a disk emulator...
Virtual tape library Virtual Tape Library A virtual tape library is a data storage virtualization technology used typically for backup and recovery purposes. A VTL presents a storage component as tape libraries or tape drives for use with existing backup software.Virtualizing the disk storage as tape allows integration of VTLs with...
Microsoft Management Console Microsoft Management Console Microsoft Management Console is a component of Windows 2000 and its successors that provides system administrators and advanced users an interface for configuring and monitoring the system.- Snap-ins and consoles :...  support
PerfMon support
High availability High availability High availability is a system design approach and associated service implementation that ensures a prearranged level of operational performance will be met during a contractual measurement period....  support
VHD VHD Video High Density was a videodisc format which was marketed predominantly in Japan by JVC. There was also an audio-only variant, Audio High Density .- Technology :...  support
Dynamically expanding file support
Virtual Burner support
EventViewer support
MPIO Multipath I/O In computer storage, multipath I/O is a fault-tolerance and performance enhancement technique whereby there is more than one physical path between the CPU in a computer system and its mass storage devices through the buses, controllers, switches, and bridge devices connecting them.A simple example...
Windows Volume Snapshot Service
VMware VMware VMware, Inc. is a company providing virtualization software founded in 1998 and based in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2004, and operates as a separate software subsidiary ....  integration toolkit
Remote management
Microsoft Windows Server Core Support
Unlimited Network Interface Controller Support						(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