KernSafe Technologies
 
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 KernSafe iStorage Server is an advanced and powerful, full-featured iSCSI Target software that makes any x86, x64 or even Itanium Windows machine into an iSCSI Target.

iStorage Server is an IP SAN solution that allows you quickly export existing storages such disk images, physical disks, partitions, CD/DVD-ROMs, tapes or any other type of SCSI based devices and even a variety of popular CD/DVD images to its client machines, which delivers immediate benefits allowing storage to be consolidated, virtualized and centrally managed. iStorage Server also provides RAID-1 (mirror) feature, which allows you create two devices for mirror backup, the mirror devices can be local image files or remote iSCSI devices. iStorage Server has been added support for Microsoft Virtual Disk File (VHD) and VHD snapshots at the recent release. So it is an ideal choice for any sized business.

High availability is the implementation of technology so that if a component fails, another can take over for it. By using highly available platforms, the downtime for a system can be reduced, and, in many cases, it can be reduced to a short enough time that the users of the system do not see the failure.

Setting High-Availability in iStorage Server is very easy and convenient. After successfully creating a target drive which you want to connect to High-AvailabilityCluster, click on the arrow next to the Create button and chose Application.


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In next window chose Failover iSCSI SAN Node, to create a High-Availability cluster.
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Chose Base Target.
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Click on Edit button to add another target necessary for creation of High-Availability Cluster.
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Type IP address of host and chose Target. If necessary, provide an CHAP User Name and Secret.

On the next window chose what type of Synchronization you would like to perform and click Synchronize.    `
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After successfully synchronizing your targets you will see in the Applications that Cluster is Running.
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Now if the base target will fail, backup target will take over his place allowing users to access data.
You can download Trial version of iStorage Server here.



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