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Date:      Tue, 13 Apr 1999 22:54:59 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        remy@synx.com
Cc:        ken@plutotech.com, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Huge SCSI configs
Message-ID:  <199904132054.WAA01437@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199904131722.TAA36868@rt2.synx.com> from Remy Nonnenmacher at "Apr 13, 1999  7:22:19 pm"

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As Remy Nonnenmacher wrote ...
> On 13 Apr, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> >> ....
> >> OK. Sorry for this late (but ever unanswered question) : what are the
> >> known limits in term of SCSI chains, number and size of disks and sizes
> >> of filesystems ? Anyone ?
> > 
> > Aww, come on, you can easily find out the SCSI stuff anywhere on the web.
> > For Wide SCSI, you can have up to 15 devices on one chain.  (SCSI IDs 0
> > through 15, with 7 reserved for the controller)  With Ultra2 LVD, you can
> > have cable lengths of up to 12 meters.
> >
> 
> Oops, lacked precision "under FreeBSD" !!. (I already proposed building
> a MAX config (15*2*15*50G) but they had me stop by knocking my head ;).
> No, seriously, i wouldn't like to find myself running honking into a
>  wall just for not having asked.
> 
> > There's no inherent limit on disk size, but you may want to talk to Matt
> > Jacob and Matt Dillon about the stability of very large filesystems.

I once built a 450Gb (or close to that) filesystem on a DEC nee Compaq
HSZ80 raidcontroller hooked up to an Adaptec 2944UW. Worked fine, took a
while to build on a P90 with 2.2.6 on it. I ran out of disks before I
could try CCDing a couple of these together ;-)

Groeten / Cheers,
Wilko
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