Antony Stone <Antony.Stone@???> wrote:

> PS: Just in case you wonder "hm, sdv is awfully close to sdz - what happens
> next?", the answer is simply that the standard Linux kernel then moves on to
> device names /dev/sdaa, /dev/sdab, etc...
>
> I'm not sure where the current limit of device names is, but I don't think
> you'll be able to reach it with any hardware means of connecting drives (you
> might manage it at a push with iSCSI devies etc).

Ooh, a few multi-port cards and then some port expanders. Backblaze are up to 60 drives in a box !
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/open-source-data-storage-server/

Simon