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SuperSAN X

KernSafe SuperSAN X is an advanced and powerful iSCSI target solution for macOS, designed to quickly transform Mac Pro, iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro systems into high-performance iSCSI SAN servers.
As a full-featured iSCSI SAN software solution, SuperSAN X provides robust authentication and access control mechanisms, including CHAP, Mutual CHAP, and IP address–based authorization. It supports a wide range of storage media types, including standard image files, VHDs, volumes, and physical disks.
SuperSAN X also delivers enterprise-class features such as SCSI-3 persistent reservations for clustering, synchronous and asynchronous replication, high availability, snapshots, and Continuous Data Protection (CDP).
With its powerful feature set, flexibility, and enterprise-grade reliability, SuperSAN X is an ideal storage solution for both enterprise environments and advanced home users.
Features Free Personal Small Business Enterprise
CHAP user authentication Yes Yes Yes Yes
Number of concurrent connections per target 5 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Number of targets that can be created Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Number of connections per initiator-target nexus (Multiple Connections feature) 1 1 Unlimited Unlimited
iSCSI RAM disk support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Standard image disk device support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multi-user mutual CHAP authentication support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual CD/DVD-ROM emulator support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual CD/DVD-RW burner with auto-loader support No No Yes Yes
Virtual Tape Library (VTL) device support for enterprise backup No No Yes Yes
Physical disk support No No Yes Yes
Physical disk volume (partition) support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Security disks for each client, where each client uses its own disk protected by CHAP secret encryption Yes Yes Yes Yes
Synchronous Replication over Ethernet (RAID-1) No No Yes Yes
Asynchronous Replication over Internet No No Yes Yes
Automatic snapshot replication No No Yes Yes
High-availability (failover) feature No No Yes(<2TB) Yes
COW protection (Virtual Write) No Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) snapshot Yes Yes Yes Yes
Image File (IMG) snapshot Yes Yes Yes Yes
Volume Shadow Copy compatible Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network-based management console (Windows only) Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPsec on-the-fly iSCSI network encryption Yes Yes Yes Yes
I/O read and write caching Yes Yes Yes Yes
CHAP user management tool Yes Yes Yes Yes
IP address and mixed authentication mechanism No Yes Yes Yes
Vendor-specific CDB support (via SPTI) Yes Yes Yes Yes
True real-time Continuous Data Protection (CDP) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Software RAID No No Yes Yes
Distributed iSCSI SAN (Datacenter) No No No Yes
CHAP user count Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Built-in web-based management platform Yes Yes Yes Yes
*1 It depends on which license you require.