2 IDE or 1 IDE

[xphantg0d]

I have 2 harddrives and i was wondering if you get better performance if they are on seperate IDE cables or if they are on the same one?

[Elledan]

Each IDE channel is shared, so with two devices they have to share the same bandwidth.

Having one HDD on a single channel therefore yields better performance than with two.

[Matt Welke]

Therefore, in answer to your question, having 2 IDE drives on seperate cables would be better and more efficient than having them on the same cable.

[Ice Czar]

yes
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=741512 > Optimizing Physical Configuration

[xphantg0d]

Thanks alot