Thanks Dave for the advice.
I have one additional question... about using an IDE CDROM
with RAID-1.
re: your comment...
>also avoid things like dropping a CD-ROM drive
>on a controller's now-unused secondary.
Should I remove the CDROM after installing RH-7.0
or is it advisable/possible to buy a separate
IDE controller card to connect 'just to' the IDE CDROM?
Thanks for the help.
John
>From: Dave Ihnat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: RAID1,Both IDE Hard Drives be on same Controller?
>Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:39:54 -0600
>
>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
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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