2nd hard disk for MySQL/PostgreSQL database under RedHat 7.2

[mcmanus at ducksong.com (Patrick R. McManus)]

[John Abreau: Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 07:41:38PM -0500]
> 
> If you're doing this for performance reasons, I'd recommend adding a 
> scsi controller and using a scsi disk instead of ide. Of course, that

seconded! And get a 10k-spin disk instead of the 7200.. db performance
is often all about latency issues.

> I recall reading in the Tivo forums about a size limit, I think it was
> somewhere around 130 GB, but offhand I'm not sure if that was an ide
> limit or a tivo-specific limit.

to go over 130GB on ide you just need 48 bit addressing.. you can get
the patches here:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/