[opensuse] How many disks?

Hi Folks, I've been working on a project for several years now that requires lots of disk space. We've got three servers, each with 40 directly connected 1-TB SATA disks. Now, the project is expanding and will require as many as 98 directly connected disks. I know that I can get the hardware and RAID (JBOD) controllers to mechanize this, but I'm not sure about the OS. How many individual disk (/dev/sdxx) drives can Linux support? BTW, we need directly connected disks because of the bandwidth limits that NFS throws up. I'd be happy to listen to alternatives. Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org