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riredale wrote on 10/31/2002, 6:01 PM
This is the sort of question that seems to draw heated responses for some reason.

My own gut feel is that, these days, hard drives are so fast it really doesn't make much difference. I think if you were to try various combinations and note the time it takes to do tasks, the times wouldn't vary by more than perhaps 1%. I could be wrong.
vonhosen wrote on 10/31/2002, 6:10 PM
I'd go

Primary/Master = system drive
Primary/Slave = media drive

Secondary/Master = burner

I have my setup this way & have no problems capturing,editing or burning. (With a second burner as Secondary/Slave as well)

Summersond wrote on 11/1/2002, 12:41 PM
I second vonhosen's remarks. Keeping the burner and drive separate is a wise choice so each IDE controller will act independently when burning a DVD.

dave
john666 wrote on 11/1/2002, 3:55 PM
Hey all,

I was always under the impression that each IDE is independent, but devices on the same IDE are not. What I mean is that each IDE can read or write, but not read and write. So if you are doing an 'On-the-fly' copy of two devices on the same IDE you are more likely to get an underrun error, wheras devices on separate IDE's will be fine, While one IDE is writing(data in), the other is reading(data out).

Hope this helps!

regards,
john

Summersond wrote on 11/1/2002, 3:59 PM
John, you are correct. That's why you would want the hard drive on the Primary IDE and the DVD writer on the secondary IDE (At least that's how I have mine...).

dave
vonhosen wrote on 11/1/2002, 7:09 PM
Also in these days of ATA 100/133 hard drives you don't want a relatively slow ATA 33 burner on the same channel, possibly limiting the hard drive's performance.
stepfour wrote on 11/2/2002, 12:12 PM
I like things really seperated. Boot drive on IDE-1. I also keep programs on that drive. DVD-R & CDRW on IDE-2 in master-slave setup. Both video drives (capture and edit) on separate IDE's on a Promise Ultra100 controller. Essentially, all drives, except the DVD-R & CDRW, are on their own channel. P4 1.8g, never a dropped frame in VV; hours and hours of capture.
eheh wrote on 11/2/2002, 3:53 PM
Thanks.
Many replies. I like 2Road's approach although I won't invest in an IDE controller if things work smooth for me.
Anyhow, I'll do the following:
IDE1/Primary - 40G Boot drive
IDE1/Secondary - 120G Video drive
IDE2/Primary - DVD burner
IDE2/Secondary -

Still waiting for the Serial-ATA....