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

You're not going to get "hundreds of them" on a single bus, whether it's =
FreeBSD's limitation or USB's.

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> On 19/02/2010, David King <dking@ketralnis.com> wrote:
>>=20
>>> 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.
>>=20
>> 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>
>>=20
>>> 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:
>>>=20
>>> Does FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE have an operating system limitation on the
>> number
>>> of USB storage devices I can connect and mount.
>>>=20
>>> Thanks.
>>>=20
>>> Patrick Collins
>>=20
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> Patrick Collins
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