Applications, data and folders structure question

I am new to the Mac OS X and wish to setup my folder structure correctly in a multi-disk environment (Mac Pro). I have 2 drives at the moment and plan to add more.
I assume that I should boot the OS from a separate OS disk and put apps and data on different disks. I also understand that Mac OS X uses a structure which includes a "users" folder in the root directory, application folder in root dir and "home" folders located in the "users" folder for various users which contain data.
Is this correct? How do you structure this over several disks? Do you move the "users" folder and or application folders to a different drive or partition? What are considered to be the best practices in that regard?

I never found putting any applications on another drive helps, even with multiple 15K drives.
I would invest in a faster drive for your system though.
And yes, it can help to use 2nd drive for the user account(s)
System control panel "Accounts" - unlock, command + control + click on the account's name and you can set the location of where it is...
/Volumes/volname/Users/acccount
Just copy or move or set up the folders (Users, and "myaccount") on the drive or partition of drive.
Also, you may want to have a scratch disk or partition, and a media drive or for editing.
http://www.barefeats.com/harper14.html - WD 640GB Caviar $83 @ MacSales
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD6400AAKS/
http://www.barefeats.com/hard94.html - 1TB drives compared

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