Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:44:51 -0700 | From | Joel Becker <> | Subject | Re: [patch for playing] Patch to support 4000 disks and maintain |
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 10:04:30AM +0200, Giuliano Pochini wrote: > 4000 discs should be enough for anyone :) > Are >16 partitions/disc possible ?
>16 partitions/disc is possible once you remove Linux's arbitrary limit. 4000 disks is today. 8000 disks is next year at the latest. Just imagine multipathing today's 4000 disks.
Joel
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