2 hard drives of different speeds

[Berman]

I currently have two 5400rpm hard drives, and I'm looking to upgrade one of them to a 7200rpm 60GXP drive. Will I be able to use a 7200 and a 5400 in harmony whilst getting maximum performance out of them both?

Thanks in advance.

 

[camieabz]

Assuming they can both run at at their maximum data transfer rate (ATA whatever) there shouldn't be a problem.

If you like, try them on seperate channels to see what difference it makes. I'd make the 7200 the C: though.

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[Berman]

Thanks for the help, camie.

I think my current 5400 drives run at ATA33, and the one I'm planning to get is apparently ATA100. My motherboard only goes up to ATA66, though. But it's not the ATA I'm concerned about so much as the RPM, so it sounds like I'm okay.

 

[Arrow]

RPM should be individual for the drives.

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[camieabz]

Cool, but keep the ATA33 on a seperate channel from the ATA66. This will allow the ATA66 to run without performance loss.

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[lhgpoobaa]

i HAVE a 7200 & 5400 running in harmony
Primary master = 7200rpm ATA100 40gig 60GXP
Primary slave = 5400rpm ATA33 16.8gig 16.8GP

both running at their full speeds on the ata100 controller and 80pin cable.
the drive speeds are seperate. internal. they dont change.
its the ATA speed which matters.
i.e. before i got my new computer i was running both the above drives on an ata33 controller. obviously the ata33 one ran at its top speed but the ata100 drive was rather hamstrung with regards to its burst speed and possibly sustained thruput speed. (which was close to the ata33 max of 33mb/sec)

so just make sure you are using.
A. An ata100 controller (might be able to get away with ata66)
B. a 80pin ata66/100 cable, not a 40pin one.

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