MS iSCSI Initiator vs StarPort iSCSI Initiator

[GrZeCh]

Hello,

is there any page where I can find comparison MS iSCSI and StarWind StarPort ISCSI Initiators? Does StarPort allows multipathing?

Thanks

[Robert (staff)]

That's probably the only difference between StarPort and MS. StarPort does not allow multipathing at the moment. However, StarPort allows some advanced features like Mirroring.

Thanks.

[Pleige]

MS iSCSI initiator is limited in 2 Tb partition size.
StarPort iSCSI initiator is not limited you can create 4 Tb partitions and maybe more

[anton (staff)]

Right now StarPort is much more then just iSCSI initiator. It's also ATA-over-Ethernet and FC-over-Ethernet initiator, CD/DVD emulator and AES256 encrypted disk. In eddition to already referenced software RAID functionality.

[Pleige]

I was wrong : MS iSCSI initiator is NOT limited to 2 Tb partition size. It can handle 4Tb or 8Tb partitions. I haven't tested bigger ...

[anton (staff)]

But it still cannot do reliable mirror, cannot talk to AoE and FCoE targets and so on

I was wrong : MS iSCSI initiator is NOT limited to 2 Tb partition size. It can handle 4Tb or 8Tb partitions. I haven't tested bigger ...