How many devices can be attached to an IDE cable?

How many devices can be attached to an IDE cable?

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IDE and ATA interfaces support up to two devices (master and slave) per cable. If you want to support more than two devices, look at a different interface, for example SCSI, SAS, or Fibre Channel.

This was first published in February 2005

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