Maximum Number of USB Mass Storage Devices

[Patrick Collins]

Thanks David. My question was specific to FreeBSD's limitations rather than
USB limitiations.

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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