topic are most of business users using SW or HW iscsi initiators? in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/are-most-of-business-users-using-SW-or-HW-iscsi-initiators/m-p/18334#M1626 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I dont have too strong experience on iscsi LUN, and may want to implement here. I need help on some basic questions:</P><P></P><P>SW or HW initiator, which one is more preferred? or implemented?</P><P></P><P>What is the most popular SW initiator vendors, and the same question on HW initiator?</P><P></P><P>MS software initiator is free, should I use it in real business?</P><P></P><P>Thanks a lot for your help!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:10:18 GMT netappmagic 2025-06-05T06:10:18Z are most of business users using SW or HW iscsi initiators? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/are-most-of-business-users-using-SW-or-HW-iscsi-initiators/m-p/18334#M1626 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I dont have too strong experience on iscsi LUN, and may want to implement here. I need help on some basic questions:</P><P></P><P>SW or HW initiator, which one is more preferred? or implemented?</P><P></P><P>What is the most popular SW initiator vendors, and the same question on HW initiator?</P><P></P><P>MS software initiator is free, should I use it in real business?</P><P></P><P>Thanks a lot for your help!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:10:18 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/are-most-of-business-users-using-SW-or-HW-iscsi-initiators/m-p/18334#M1626 netappmagic 2025-06-05T06:10:18Z Re: are most of business users using SW or HW iscsi initiators? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/are-most-of-business-users-using-SW-or-HW-iscsi-initiators/m-p/18338#M1627 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Most of my customers use the SW initiator on Windows or Linux. I don't know may customers anymore that use the HW initiator.</P><P>For sure the MS software initiator is the way to go with Windows all of my customer that have iscsi with windows use it.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:53:46 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/are-most-of-business-users-using-SW-or-HW-iscsi-initiators/m-p/18338#M1627 haenggi 2013-02-14T12:53:46Z