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darkure · 11-16-2003, 06:03 AM

If I understand the master/slave configuration correctly, all instructions for both hard drives go to/through the master drive. If the instructions are destined for the slave drive they have to be routed to there by the electronics on the master hard drive. This would slow down the speed of accessing or writing information to the slave drive somewhat.

If that is correcty, then this may not be the sole cause of the speed difference but it could have a noticable effect. As others have said buffer size, rotational speed, fragmentation, and the seek latency of the individual drive also play a role.

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darkure Addict Location: Dodging the ice pick	If I understand the master/slave configuration correctly, all instructions for both hard drives go to/through the master drive. If the instructions are destined for the slave drive they have to be routed to there by the electronics on the master hard drive. This would slow down the speed of accessing or writing information to the slave drive somewhat. If that is correcty, then this may not be the sole cause of the speed difference but it could have a noticable effect. As others have said buffer size, rotational speed, fragmentation, and the seek latency of the individual drive also play a role. __________________ COYW Last edited by darkure; 11-16-2003 at 07:51 AM..