Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758727AbXFODF2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:05:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752163AbXFODFM (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:05:12 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:49491 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751514AbXFODFK (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:05:10 -0400 From: Neil Brown To: david@lang.hm Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:05:03 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18034.479.256870.600360@notabene.brown> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: limits on raid In-Reply-To: message from david@lang.hm on Thursday June 14 References: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.4.1 X-face: [Gw_3E*Gng}4rRrKRYotwlE?.2|**#s9D what is the limit for the number of devices that can be in a single array? > > I'm trying to build a 45x750G array and want to experiment with the > different configurations. I'm trying to start with raid6, but mdadm is > complaining about an invalid number of drives > > David Lang "man mdadm" search for "limits". (forgive typos). NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/