Re: [patch for playing] Patch to support 4000 disks and maintain

Joel Becker
2003-04-11T15:34:15Z

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

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