[Gllug] pata software Raid

[Alex Crow]

Peter,

I've done precisely this setup without any issues - indeed I did have a
CD-ROM that produced seek errors connected to the same channel as a
slave and it didn't seem to affect the HDD - I didn't do any speed tests
during the failure, simply replaced the drives. Speed tests with the CD
working seemed to indicate the RAID0 array was providing about a 75-85%
speed gain.

However, YMMV!

Alex

On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 17:15 +0100, Ziya Suzen wrote:
> On 8/9/07, Peter Ball <CFL at marguet-ball.net> wrote:
> > The Software-RAID-HOWTO gives very good reasons why not to put 2 ide disks on the
> > same bus.
> >
> > However is there any reason why you shouldn't put a cd or dvd as a secondary on one of
> > the buses ?
> 
> Well, wouldn't it be kind of the same reason? If your CD drive fails
> it would take the HDD down with it, adding to the risk of failures?! I
> am not 100% sure but that's how I understand it. I am about to setup a
> software raid as well, so I am interested in the subject too.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> --Ziya
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