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 them. > > The USB spec itself limits to 127 devices per bus, including hubs (and > including the internal hub-like device on many busses). < > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Overview> > > > 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: > > > > Does FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE have an operating system limitation on the > number > > of USB storage devices I can connect and mount. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Patrick Collins > -- Patrick Collins +61 419 712 581 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
