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Article #66Re: second hard drive
From: Derek Morton
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 00:00
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Tim I think you will find that in most cases that 2hd's on one controller is slower as:- seeks cannot be overlapped, reads cannot be overlapped. On a system with 2 hds on 2 controllers seeks can be overlapped and reads can be overlapped. Derek On Sun, 06 Dec 1998 10:13:34 +1000, Tim <mrvfone@fan.net.au> wrote: >Having CDs and HDD on the same channel will slow down the HDD. It is >better to have all Hdds on IDE, Channel 0 (Primary IDE) And Slower hdds >or IDE devices or EIDE CDs on Channel 1( Secondary IDE). > >Tim
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