Library on EHD - really?

I thought I made a smart move to get my libraries on a 500GB external hard drive and I am kicking myself for doing so. I have turned off previews and the app is painfully slow. If I click on any project or album with more than a 10 images in it, the thumbnails take forever to load. I am basically locked up every time. I want to keep my library managed.
The libraries really aren't made to run well on an EHD are they? I dont have enough room left on my internal drive on my mac pro - hoping to get a dedicated internal for all my libraries in the future though. Would it be a smarter choice?

it depends on the interface ...
i use external FW800 and have NO issue ... USB is painfully slow, either 1.1 or 2.0 ... FW400 is faster than USB 2.0 ... i am not talking the theoretical maximums but real speed ...
eSATA is currently, i believe, the fastest ...
so, what interface are you using ???

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