Previously, I wrote an article on some possible hardware options to help enable you to build a cheap (as in inexpensive, not shoddy) storage server with the ultimate goal of being able to run software ...

A new update for Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2 allows shared block storage in storage area networks with the use of iSCSI Protocol. The new Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 is the first ...

Microsoft today released an addition for Windows Server 2008 R2 that enables shared block storage in storage area networks using the iSCSI Protocol. The new Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 is the ...

When setting up a new VMware Horizon environment, I needed someplace to store my virtual desktops and decided to use Windows Server 2022 as an iSCSI target for my ESXi servers. Although this is a ...

When one of his Windows Servers stopped connecting to its storage array, Brien could find only an incomplete fix and an even weirder problem with Windows. I recently ran into a weird situation ...

Configure the iSCSI initiator in Windows Server Core or Hyper-V Server Your email has been sent Provisioning storage to the Windows Server Core can be a challenge. Rick Vanover describes how to ...

After reading the excellent Btrfs article on the front page, which got me a bit scared to be honst, I am thinking of switching my storage server setup over to btrfs. However, the situation is kinda ...

Those of you with Windows file servers running on vSphere, how do you provision the data volumes assuming you don't want to use VMFS? I'm struggling to find a significant reason either way to go with ...

Microsoft published information on a new known issue that may cause connectivity issues for some Storage Area Network (SAN) devices via the Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) after ...

Tom shows how to set up an iSCSI target using both the GUI (Server Manager) and PowerShell, and then adding it to his ESXi server. When setting up a new VMware Horizon environment, I needed someplace ...

In my previous articles in this series, I shared some hardware options to help you build an inexpensive iSCSI target and went over your Windows software options for enabling this functionality. In ...