Hi, has anyone ever hit the limit of Usb drives in Intel chipsets? I thought the limit is 127 usb devices per host controller. But the limit seems to be the endpoints: intel xchi supports 96 endpoints. One WD elements consumes three (ctr, in, out). I thought to be a smartass and bought seagate backup plus hub drives with two free usb 3 ports. But they consume 7 endpoints! Two for the hub and five for the drive. So the max usb drives I can install is about 32 WD Elements or 12 seagates per host controller. With two host controllers those numbers are doubled. Learning always something new...
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