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Date:      Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:40:26 -0800 (PST)
From:      robert Backhaus <robbakfreebsd@yahoo.co.uk>
To:        Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2 drives + 2 IDE channels = better?
Message-ID:  <20021030034026.37024.qmail@web40711.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <B9E45442.3AF6%ukla@attbi.com>

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--- Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com> wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> Is is better to run a 2nd drive on another IDE channel or on the same
> bus?
> Eg. IDE channel 1 = ad0 (main OS), IDE channel 2 = ad1 (other data -
> maybe
> MySQL and websites?)
Yes, It is recommended, although the limiting factor is generally
seek&settle times for the drives. If you are doing long sequential
reads, you may see the difference.
It's not as important as one might think.
Several things do work nicer if the drive is a master, so it's a good
idea all round

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