Q: What is the maximum number of LUNs that Windows Server 2008 R2 supports?
Windows Server 2008 R2 has a maximum number of LUNs it supports, but that number is far beyond any reachable in real life.
John Savill
August 18, 2012
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A: Realistically, there's no limit for any possible hardware configuration. If you look at the numbers that would make up a limit, it appears like the following:
255 LUN IDs per target
128 targets per bus
8 buses per adapter
So that total gives 255 * 128 * 8, which is 261,120 LUNs per Host Bus Adapter (HBA). I don't think anyone will get anywhere close to that many, and to my knowledge, I don't think more than a few thousand is tested.
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