November 20, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Impulse1337 said: https://thesolving.com/storage/how-to-create-an-iscsi-target-with-freenas/ If you want, i can dedicate some time help testing etc. EDIT: If i can read correctly, is seems to be based on a dedicated disk, of a "file" that is the target. So, if that is correct, we could do the same on unraid, use a "file" as the target, which is on the array. Or do i see this too easy? This is how everyone does it: allocate an image file and present it to the iscsi initiator (the client). I would suggest though to allocate it on the cache, if available, because its usage will be exactly the same as VM's vdisks so performance will suffer if allocated on the array. Configuration on the iscsi target side (unraid in this case) is pretty straightforward. Each iscsi volume (image file) needs the volume path, authentication details (optional, e.g. CHAP2 username/password) and a couple of other (optional) options.
November 20, 20196 yr 52 minutes ago, Ioannis said: This is how everyone does it: allocate an image file and present it to the iscsi initiator (the client). I would suggest though to allocate it on the cache, if available, because its usage will be exactly the same as VM's vdisks so performance will suffer if allocated on the array. Configuration on the iscsi target side (unraid in this case) is pretty straightforward. Each iscsi volume (image file) needs the volume path, authentication details (optional, e.g. CHAP2 username/password) and a couple of other (optional) options. The only thing i am unsure of, is if it is possible to let it expend automatically. If not, is it going to be a hassle to expand it after the file is being used.. But maybe that is too early to think about. I think the first step would be to implement it first
November 20, 20196 yr We have multiple-pool support coming in 6.9 release. After that we can look at adding a UI to create vdisks that map to iscsi targets. Please do me a favor however: please move any non-Unraid discussion to another forum.
February 21, 20206 yr +1 my reason is that I need the performance benefits from it being natively baked in vs emulating it from within a vm. Some of my use cases are very dependent on hardware accelerated iscsi and emulation reduces the performance vastly in high bandwidth low latency scenarios
April 5, 20206 yr On 11/20/2019 at 4:42 PM, limetech said: We have multiple-pool support coming in 6.9 release. After that we can look at adding a UI to create vdisks that map to iscsi targets. Please do me a favor however: please move any non-Unraid discussion to another forum. Is there a rough idea on timeline/release date for this? I'm currently in the process of planning for new hardware, and I'd ideally love to run Unraid on a dedicated host with iSCSI Target support for my hypervisors.
April 6, 20206 yr This seem like a very useful feature, I will use this for my games library and other programs that do no want to work from/to smb.
May 1, 20206 yr +1 for me to. Being not dependant to SMB and do not affect VM/esx on smb/nfs mofification
May 1, 20206 yr I have actually moved away from unraid to proxmox due to native iscsi and NFS support. Miss unraid but proxmox fills my needs Edited May 1, 20206 yr by Magicmissle
May 8, 20206 yr On 11/20/2019 at 8:42 AM, limetech said: We have multiple-pool support coming in 6.9 release. After that we can look at adding a UI to create vdisks that map to iscsi targets. Please do me a favor however: please move any non-Unraid discussion to another forum. Did iSCSI make it into the new 6.9 beta release, or will it hopefully make it's way into the RC?
July 25, 20205 yr +1 for iSCSI support. My reasoning is I prefer using iSCSI for NAS being presented to OS as local drive, especially performance wise. I've been using this for years and it's been very reliable. Like some have mentioned, I don't want to have a VM in unRAID for the sole purpose of using iSCSI. It's not a deal breaker for me, but, as a user new to unRAID, it forces me to reevaluate my storage situation. For example, right now, I have 3 NAS that are going to have to be consolidated into the array due to no iSCSI.
July 25, 20205 yr Well, if we're doing +1s, I'd like to add at least a +1000 for iSCSI. 🙂 There's net bootin' that needs to be done!
July 28, 20205 yr On 4/5/2020 at 8:15 AM, connorcharless said: Is there a rough idea on timeline/release date for this? I'm currently in the process of planning for new hardware, and I'd ideally love to run Unraid on a dedicated host with iSCSI Target support for my hypervisors. Seconding this. I am planning a new whitebox NAS build and hoping to use Unraid. A bunch of large spinning disks for CIFS/SMB storage. Having a few SSDs in there for an iSCSI VMFS datastore for my other hypervisor (ESXi) nodes would be awesome.
July 29, 20205 yr I'm currently searching for some users that help test my custom build with iSCSI built into Unraid (v6.9.0 beta25). EDIT: Also made a build for Unraid v6.8.3. Currently the creation of the iSCSI target is command line only (will write a plugin for that but for now it should also work this way - only a few commands in targetcli). The configuration is stored on the boot drive and loaded/unloaded with the array start/stop. If somebody is willing to test the build please contact me. As always I will release the complete source code and also implement it in my 'Unraid-Kernel-Helper Docker Container' so that everyone can build his own version with other features like nVdidia, ZFS, DVB also built in.
July 29, 20205 yr Just now, XiuzSu said: Would love to test it, just don't have a test system yet. On which Unraid version are you? If you are on 6.9.0beta25 it's the exact same one but only with iSCSI builtin
July 29, 20205 yr I'm still on the 6.8.3 since its just on my main system and can't risk data corruption. Sorry.
July 29, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, XiuzSu said: I'm still on the 6.8.3 since its just on my main system and can't risk data corruption. Sorry. Could also build it for 6.8.3...
July 29, 20205 yr 8 minutes ago, ich777 said: Could also build it for 6.8.3... if it's free of data-loss, i can test it.
July 29, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, Impulse1337 said: if it's free of data-loss, i can test it. Don't think there will be any data lost since i've only add the necessary kernel modules and also the necessary software. Only built a 6.9.0beta25 Have to build the 6.8.3 version tomorrow, it's getting late...
July 29, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, ich777 said: Don't think there will be any data lost since i've only add the necessary kernel modules and also the necessary software. Only built a 6.9.0beta25 Have to build the 6.8.3 version tomorrow, it's getting late... Here as well, same timezone for us. Give me PM when you got something
July 30, 20205 yr 10 hours ago, Impulse1337 said: Here as well, same timezone for us. Give me PM when you got something Everything is built for unRaid v6.8.3 and working as expected. Please send me a PM if you want the download link and also a instruction.
August 8, 20205 yr On 7/30/2020 at 3:02 AM, ich777 said: Everything is built for unRaid v6.8.3 and working as expected. Please send me a PM if you want the download link and also a instruction. PM sent!
August 8, 20205 yr Testing is over and everything works fine. At the moment command line only... Plugin will follow.
August 12, 20205 yr @CraziFuzzy Can you still share it? Thanks Edit: Found it, had to scroll a few posts up Edited August 12, 20205 yr by glockmane
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