On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 11:00:37PM +0200, Patrick Shirkey wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for a way to use multiple USB storage devices (flash drives) > at one time on a Linux system. > > > I have searched the archives and cannot find a hard answer. I have seen > mention of a 16 disk limit for the usb storage driver. Considering that the > device limit is 127 and that windows can handle 21 drives I am hoping that > the Linux usb system is more flexible.
The limit should be bounded only by the amount of memory you have, and by
your ability to create /dev/ nodes to represent the drives (which are
emulated as SCSI drives).
> - Can anyone tell me what the maximum number of mounted usb storage drives
> at any one time is?
There should be no "mounted" limit separate from the detectable limit.
> - Ideally I would like to install several usb-2.0 pci-usb cards and
> increase the number of root hubs. If possible I would like to use between 5
> and 10 hi speed root hubs. The devices that I will be connecting are
> usb-1.0 but IIUC a Hi speed hub will simply allow the bandwidth to be
> shared between multiple 1.0 devices running at their maximum speed?
I don't know that I would say "shared", as that implies other things to me.
But yes, a high-speed hub is required to support full-speed devices.
Matt
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