performance of new machine + old hdd

[Hereward Cooper <coops@zadok.org.uk>]

I'm planning the design of a file server, with 2 x 60gb drives for files
being servered (setup as a 24 hour delayed mirror), and a seperate
smaller 1-2gb drive for the machine's system files.

What I was wondering was, if the two 60gb drives are new high end IDE
drives, and the machine is 1ghz duron + 256mb ram, how will the
performance of the machine be affected by the 4-5 year old slower HDD,
once it is up and serving across the network?

Thanks,

-- Coops

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