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From: "Ricardo Bevilacqua" <rus.spes@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: PATA performance
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2008/6/28 Florian Philipp <lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net>:
> Hi list!
>
> I've got a little question. Here I've got a PC with two 40GB hard
> disks, a CD-burner and a DVD-burner, all PATA. Now I'm running out of
> disk space and I'm thinking about ways to increase it:
>
> 1. I could replace the older 40GB disk with a new model but I'd hate to
> trash it because it's working alright.
>
> 2. I could replace the really old and rather useless CD-burner with a
> disk. However, that would mean I'd have to attach the DVD-burner and
> one of the disks to the same controller. Now I'm asking myself (and
> you ;) ) how that would affect performance. Would it cause problems
> when both devices exchange data, for example when burning or ripping a
> DVD? Could I still watch a DVD while, for example, making a backup to
> or from that HDD?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Florian Philipp
>
Hi Florian!
My pc has one disk and the DVD burner in the same port. The disk is
where I have my Gentoo, and I can update my system while watching
movies with my DVD. So do not worry about performance, as you said,
the disk is faster than any DVD/CD that you could have. The only way
to experience some slightly performance drop is having two disks in
the same controller.
I do not know where you live, but here, in Argentina, is very
difficult to find a new PATA disk. Every computer store only has SATA
drives and maybe a couple of 80-160GB PATA disks.
Hope this helps you.
Regards,
Ricardo.
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