kelsey hudson wrote: > Stewart Stremler wrote: >> You can get 15 disks per SCSI controller these days. How many >> disks per FC controller can you get, I wonder? > > 256, if I remember right.
128 is the number I remember.. .. but the _1,2,3,many_ principle probably applies here (as you explain, next). > > However, whether it's a good idea to connect that many disks to the same > loop remains to be a question of "good idea/bad idea". > > NetApp et al reccommend you don't connect more than 28 disks (two > shelves) to a 1Gbps FC loop, 48 to a 2Gbps loop, and 96 to a 4Gbps loop. > Which makes sense, as you can easily saturate the bus with that many > devices. > Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
