After publishing an article about the free StartWind iSCSI target software, a lot of people were disappointed with the limited size of 2 GB shared storage.
Eric Siebert :Found the link for it, the Free version is limited to 2GB of storage space though which isn't very useful to use with ESX.
William Lam :Don't forget to mention that the max size of the target is 2GB, this is primarily for testing/demo purposes. It's free but you won't be able to do much with it, at least with 2GB
Anonymous:Waste of time, just a trial.
Robert B :Like Eric and William said.. not really useful, since it is limited to only 2 GB, would have been a nice option otherwise.
StarWind took notice of these comments (after I've sent them an email :-) ) and has released version 4.1 which offers an unlimited number of connections and a capacity of 2TB at no cost. StarWind Software now offers their leading iSCSI SAN software – a fully functional basic version - at no cost. Convert any 32- or 64-bit Windows server into a rock solid and powerful SAN for your server applications.
Software includes:
• Unlimited connections.
• 2 TB capacity.
• Supports Windows server clustering.
• Shared storage for any server application including SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint.
• VMware ESX and ESXi, Hyper-V, XenServer, Virtual Iron.
• Supports VMotion, HA, DRS and VCB ported by VMWare for running ESX.
