[mythtv-users] Pixelation/Bad Recordings HDHR Prime -- I am at my wits end

[Raymond Wagner]

On 9/26/2013 9:44 PM, Stephen P. Villano wrote:
> My AAA-133U2 could control up to 45 SCSI drives.
> That said, I've rarely saw even close to that many drives hanging off of
> a controller. Most of the time, I saw up to 6 drives in a chassis and up
> to a dozen in an accessory chassis.
> Can't think of any mobo that has a dozen SATA ports.

I've seen consumer boards with up to 10 ports, but 4-8 is more common. 
You can get multipliers to drive up to 15 drives on a single SATA port, 
and expanders to drive up to 255 drives on a single SAS port. Note that 
not all SATA controllers support multipliers.