Installing and configuring an iSCSI Target server in Windows Server 2012
The disk performance and storage systems are normally one of the most expensive and important components in a server farm.
With different storage technologies such as NAS and SAN, and different methods to connect to them, such as Fibre Channel and SCSI, it becomes difficult to manage, integrate, and unify all these appliances. Windows Server 2012 makes this task much easier with the iSCSI Target server, which is now included in the operating system, giving you an easy and cheap solution for block storage.
iSCSI is a standard protocol that allows storage systems to communicate over Ethernet. It basically encapsulates all storage communication in TCP packets, allowing them to be sent over network connections. Using iSCSI Target in Windows Server 2012, you can create a unified server to add all your storage and allow other servers, either physical or virtual, to connect using a single protocol.
The benefits of using...