Trying to figure out which controller to boot from

[Iggy]

Which would make a better (faster/better through put) controller for a hard drive in my A2000, the SCSI II interface on my GVP '040 accelerator (connected to an SCSI III or better drive) or the IDE connector on an X -SURF 3CC board (connected to an ATA100 or 133 drive)?

Does anyone know if GVP used a wide or narrow fast controller (I'm inclined to think the former)?

[Iggy]

OK, that is kind of what I thought.
Plus I have some later SCSI drives that are backward compatible with the right adapter.
Imagine an Amiga with a 10,000 or 15,000 rpm drive.
BTW - What problems am I'm going to have to deal with in terms of drive (or partition) size limitations?

[Iggy]

You're still going to be limited by the xfer speed of your controller.

The usual - depends on the capability of your controller and whether you're using 3.1 vs 3.9, FFS/SFS/PFS, etc.

Of course, still, having a drive that exceeds the specs of the controller won't hurt performance.
I still haven't heard as to whether GVP used a wide or narrow fast controller (although considering when it was made, narrow seems likely).

The setup?
3.9 with a  PFS3 filesystem.