Iscsi — Cake 1.8 12 !exclusive!

While version 1.8 is an older release, the software's core architecture focuses on the following: Diskless Booting:

is a Windows-based software target developed by YoungZSoft (now often associated with CCDisk ) that allows a server to share its storage—such as disks, partitions, or VMware VMDK files—with client computers over a network. Core Functionality and Technology iscsi cake 1.8 12

Use the MS iSCSI Software Initiator (included or downloadable) on the client machine. While version 1

The infrastructure requires specific ports to remain unobstructed through network firewalls on the hosting server node: Even if your main storage is on HDDs,

: All incoming client write, delete, or modify requests are redirected to temporary server storage or a separate cache space.

Even if your main storage is on HDDs, using an SSD as a secondary cache drive within iSCSI Cake will drastically improve boot times.

When a client writes, deletes, or formats the iSCSI disk, these changes are stored in a temporary buffer.