From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264386AbTDKPeP (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 11:34:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264388AbTDKPeP (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 11:34:15 -0400 Received: from inet-mail2.oracle.com ([148.87.2.202]:25239 "EHLO inet-mail2.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264386AbTDKPeN (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 11:34:13 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:44:51 -0700 From: Joel Becker To: Giuliano Pochini Cc: Badari Pulavarty , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch for playing] Patch to support 4000 disks and maintain Message-ID: <20030411154450.GW31739@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> References: <200304101339.49895.pbadari@us.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 10:04:30AM +0200, Giuliano Pochini wrote: > 4000 discs should be enough for anyone :) > Are >16 partitions/disc possible ? >16 partitions/disc is possible once you remove Linux's arbitrary limit. 4000 disks is today. 8000 disks is next year at the latest. Just imagine multipathing today's 4000 disks. Joel -- "Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech." - Martin Fraquhar Tupper Joel Becker Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle Corporation E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127