[iyonix-support] Re: Connections for 4 IDE drives
- From: Ron <iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:26:37 +1200
In message <01a262cd4e.druck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
"David J. Ruck" <druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2 Apr 2007 Steven Pampling <steve.pampling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 02 Apr, David R Lane <D_Lane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > If you have two hardrives, one CDRW and one DVDRW what is the
> > > best way of connecting them?
> >
> > Connect the two faster devices (HD's) on one IDE line and the two slower
> > devices (DVD and CD) on the other line. A combination of a slow and fast
> > device on any line will result in slower access for the fast device.
> >
> > Connect the newer of the two devices as Master in each case. (Newer
> > controllers on the device tend to be a better bet.)
>
> It doesn't seem to make any discernable difference in the Iyonix.
>
> I experimented with the Iyonixs standard HD, and two new identical 80GB
> drives, one as slave to the standard HD on one IDE channel, and the other in
> a caddy as slave to the CD Writer on the other. There was no access speed
> difference between, showing that the presence the slower CD Writer (now
> replaced with a DVD writer did not affect the second channel.
>
> > In the event of one of the two lines having a problem reverse the master
> > slave settings.
>
> It wont make any difference which way round a CD and DVD writer are. My
> arrangement has the writer as master and the caddy as slave, as if the disc
> is out of the caddy the system works happily without a slave, but wouldn't
> recognise a slave if a master had been removed.
>
> Cheers
> ---Dave
>
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