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From: plocher@Sun.COM (John Plocher (PADI AI-85274))
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Limits on Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD
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Date: 12 Jan 1995 03:05:06 GMT
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: The older SCSI 

And don't forget that "wide scsi-2" allows up to 15 targets, up from the 
7 mentioned here.  Array controllers (aka raid boxes...), volume managers
(disk concatination & striping), and the like can easily put enuf bits
together to give you TB sized things - whether the current filesystem
and ABI limitations can handle it or not.

--
John Plocher | PADI  | "I've heard that television adds 10 pounds to
 @ Scuba.Net | DM/AI |  your usual body weight.  Why and where?