From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 13 11:32:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA11147 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:32:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA11139 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:32:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA02264; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:32:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:32:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Rudy Gireyev cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Large DB on FBSD In-Reply-To: <19971113021659.19860.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Rudy Gireyev wrote: > 3. Lastly I would like to stuff as many SCSI (NCR) boards in my final > machine as I can, final as in not the test machine. What is the limit > of the number of SCSI boards FBSD will handle efficiently. If memory > serves me right this may be a hardware limit of the x86 architecture > bit I'm not sure. Its limited by how many busmastering devices you can have in your motherboard. FreeBSD can handle as many as you can throw at it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major