For production environments, a basic install isn’t enough. Here are advanced tweaks for your :

On a properly tuned setup over 10GbE, you should see 800+ MB/s .

With iSCSI Cake up and running, John's storage woes were a thing of the past. The new storage solution provided a centralized and scalable storage repository for the company's data.

Once installed, the software needs to be configured to define the storage resource (the "target").

Set up the in the "Target setup" section to improve read performance for connected clients. 2. Client-Side (Initiator) Configuration

Managed Gigabit switches are preferred. Ensure that Green Ethernet / Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) is disabled, as it can cause latency spikes or dropped packets in diskless environments.

❌ Symptom: Extreme slowdown when multiple clients log in simultaneously

iSCSI Cake allows you to share entire physical drives or map individual disk image files.

Choose your preferred setup language from the drop-down menu and click . Step 3.2: Configure Installation Paths and Components Click Next on the welcome screen. Read and accept the License Agreement.

It is highly likely you are looking for one of the following two things:

Inside gwcli :

Install a stable server operating system (Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 or Windows 10/11 Pro for smaller deployments).

Install the (built into Windows under Administrative Tools).