Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: possible SCSI device numbering solution | Date | Wed, 26 Jun 1996 09:54:20 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> |
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> > I'm reminded of somebody saying, "they'll never need more than 640k". :-/ > > > This really is'nt a problem. If you look back, the capacity of hard > disks increased, not the number of hard disks in a system. It's much more > likely that we run in trouble becauce 32 bits are to small to count the > all the sectors of a disk... > > Gerd
With 32-bit block numbering: 4Gb x 1k block = 4Tb
Let me know when 4Tb drives break the $300 barrier :-)
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