[7426] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Devices limit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Tue Oct 26 20:29:11 1999
To: irish@n2h2.com
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 01:23:48 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <19991026.19302900@ballista.bess.net> from "irish@n2h2.com" at Oct 26, 99 07:30:29 pm
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> Why is there a limit of 15 SCSI devices per drive? Can it (will it) be
> increased ever?
Wide scsi only allows 16 devices (including the controller) per bus. How
many partitions you can create per drive depends on type but right
now we only allow 16 per disk, giving you a 32Gb ceiling.
Note 16 partitions of 2Gig per disk, 15 disks per wide controller. Thats
480Gig.
Alan
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