Microsoft Now Officially Supports The iSCSI Software Target 3.3

Date: January 31, 2018

Tags: iscsi

iSCSI Software Target 3.3 is now available for download

Just a few weeks ago I wrote an article about how to configure the iSCSI Software Target 3.3 in a cluster environment. While it is great for labs and testing, up until today it was not supported in a production environment. Well…that all changes today! Microsoft just announced that the iSCSI Software Target 3.3 is a freely available download and can be used on a production network.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2011/04/04/microsoft-iscsi-software-target-3-3-for-windows-server-2008-r2-available-for-public-download.aspx

DataKeeper Cluster Edition – High Availability/Disaster Recovery solution at great price

This all starts to get interesting once you start considering the possibility of building shared nothing iSCSI Target clusters with DataKeeper Cluster Edition. Build 2-nodes locally for High Availability and then place a 3^rd one in a remote data center for Disaster Recovery. Now that is a pretty sweet HA/DR solution without having to break the bank!