Thanks David. My question was specific to FreeBSD's limitations rather than
USB limitiations.
You're not going to get hundreds of them on a single bus, whether it's
FreeBSD's limitation or USB's.
On 19/02/2010, David King dk...@ketralnis.com wrote:
I have a requirement to connect a
Thanks David. My question was specific to FreeBSD's limitations rather than
USB limitiations.
On 19/02/2010, David King dk...@ketralnis.com wrote:
I have a requirement to connect a large number of USB bus powered
external
hard disks to a FreeBSD 8.0 system. I am talking about hundreds of
I have a requirement to connect a large number of USB bus powered external
hard disks to a FreeBSD 8.0 system. I am talking about hundreds of them.
The USB spec itself limits to 127 devices per bus, including hubs (and
including the internal hub-like device on many busses).
I have a requirement to connect a large number of USB bus powered external
hard disks to a FreeBSD 8.0 system. I am talking about hundreds of them. I
am aware of the power and bus limitations and intend to use power hubs and
multiple server USB ports to overcome this issue. My question is this: