IDE controller performance

From: Richard Kimber (rkimber_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:48:32 GMT

I currently have 2 disks on one IDE channel and a dvd recorder as master
on the second.

I want to separate the disks and give them a channel each. I'm thinking
of buying a Promise ultra-ata 133 card.

It would be easiest for me just to put the dvd on the first IDE channel of
the card, and put the slave disk as master on the old DVD channel. That
would seem to involve the least amount of re-configuration.

I've seen suggestions (can't remember where) that there would be a
performance advantage in having the disks on the PCI controller rather
than on the M/B. Can anyone confirm this?

M/B is MSI K8T Master2-FAR with 242 opterons.

Thanks,
-Richard. 

-- 
Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/

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