Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933107AbXFRVv0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:51:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1764320AbXFRVvO (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:51:14 -0400 Received: from animx.eu.org ([216.98.75.249]:44466 "EHLO animx.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763740AbXFRVvN (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:51:13 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:46:33 -0400 From: Wakko Warner To: david@lang.hm Cc: Brendan Conoboy , Lennart Sorensen , Neil Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: limits on raid Message-ID: <20070618214633.GA15468@animx.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: david@lang.hm, Brendan Conoboy , Lennart Sorensen , Neil Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org References: <18035.23867.576212.859440@notabene.brown> <4676BEC2.7090809@redhat.com> <20070618180327.GP10008@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20070618183324.GL10006@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <4676D8DE.3050903@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 793 Lines: 23 david@lang.hm wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Brendan Conoboy wrote: > > >david@lang.hm wrote: > >> yes, sorry, ultra 320 wide. > > > >Exactly how many channels and drives? > > one channel, 2 OS drives plus the 45 drives in the array. Given that the drives only have 4 ID bits, how can you have 47 drives on 1 cable? You'd need a minimum of 3 channels for 47 drives. Do you have some sort of external box that holds X number of drives and only uses a single ID? -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals Got Gas??? - 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/