On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 02:26:12PM -0000, John Kennedy wrote:
> I am building a web server using RAID-1, and I am
> concerned about where I should place my 20 gig IDE
> hard drives.
>
> Can they be on the same IDE controller?
Can be. Shouldn't be.
> Or should they each be on different controllers?
Yes. First, by doing so you've introduced redundancy in the presence of the
second controller. Secondly, most IDE controllers take a performance hit
between the master and slave (primary/secondary, whatever)--masters on two
controllers will generally perform better than a master/slave on one.
> Will I take a performance hit one way or the other?
Yes, probably; see above. Also avoid things like dropping a CD-ROM drive
on a controller's now-unused secondary.
Cheers,
--
Dave Ihnat
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