Maximum Number of USB Mass Storage Devices

[David King]

> 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 <dking at 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
>> 
> 
> 
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