1. What is iSCSI Cake(CCDisk)?

iSCSI Cake is a storage server which exports a server's storage resources to clients. The clients can access an iSCSI disk as a local hard disk. The iSCSI disk supports all normal disk operations including read, write, format and partition.

2. What is the difference between iSCSI Cake (CCDisk) and other iSCSI targets?

iSCSI Cake is the first iSCSI target to support VMWare file disk. VMDK file can be exported to clients as local disk which provides users another storage virtualization solution.

3. What are the other notable features of iSCSI Cake (CCDisk)?

Server's data is protected by copy-on-write mechanism. Client's write requests are redirected to working directory without modifying server's data.

4. What is the difference between iSCSI Cake (CCDisk) and SMB?

SMB protocol shares data at the file system level while iSCSI shares data at the block level. Mapped network drives do not support applications such as databases which require local drives and games while iSCSI Cake has no such limitation. iSCSI Cake supports storage sharing through WAN while SMB can only be used within LAN.

5. Who needs iSCSI Cake (CCDisk)?

System administrators in enterprise storage center, internet Cafes. They will no longer need to install software on every client computer using iSCSI Cake. And they do not need to worry about data safety any more.

6. Can iSCSI Cake (CCDisk) work alone?

No. iSCSI Cake is only a server application. It works with iSCSI client (Initiator). iSCSI Cake supports nearly all iSCSI initiators on Windows/Linux/Solaris platform. The free Microsoft Initiator 2 is highly recommended and can be found at the following URL: MS iSCSI Inititor

7. How can I save my data on server?

Only super client can change server's data. First, you need to enable super client in disk property. Second, a password (12-15 characters) must be setup in setup panel. Third, client must log on server with CHAP. The icon for super client is different in client list view.

8. How many LUNs does iSCSI Cake (CCDisk) support?

Current version supports up to 16 LUNs per client. However, user can assign different disk to different client.

9. How can I connect iSCSI Cake (CCDisk) server through port forwarding?

You can change the server IP in iSCSICake.ini to the address your initiator can see and restart service. For example, iSCSI Cake server's LAN address is 192.168.0.1, and the WAN address of router is 72.87.118.226. In this case, the server IP in iSCSICake.ini should be changed to 72.87.118.226.

10. How to boot Win2003 with iSCSI Cake?

Please refer to this article: http://www.iscsicake.com/download/win2003boot.pdf

iSCSI Cake - iSCSI Target Software for Windows