Raid 1

[Dan Farrell]

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:35:03 -0600
Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:

> I don't know in depth how the IDE controller works so I couldn't 
> conclude for myself (nor I had the time to investigate it any further 
> :-) if setting up both hard drives on the same IDE connector (1x
> Master, 1x Slave) would be faster than having separate IDE connectors
> (1x Master, 1x Mater). I picked the latter. I'll wait for some
> insightful response to this question.

It is my understanding that putting two drives on the same ide channel
(1 master, 1 slave) is a poor idea in general, and leads to really
crummy performance if you RAID them together.

Most IDE Controllers have two channels, each of which has its own cable
and can support up to 2 drives.  However, each channel can only get the
most out of 1 drive.