From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Antonio Vargas Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:23:13 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 0.1 release Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 06:46:09PM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > > > - Performance. What happens if you plug in 4000 disks at once? > > > > You crash your power supply :) > > [Puzzle] > > Say the power supply had five 5.25" drive power connecters, how many 1 > into 3 power cable splitters would you need to connect all 4000 disks? > > :-) > > John. Also, assuming 1 second spinup, you would need 4000 seconds = 66.66... minutes = 1.11... hours for a sequential spinup (which _may_ not crash the power supply) Antonio. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel