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I want to move data to an external hard drive AS FAST AS POSSIBLE and I was wondering whether it would be better to have 2 HDD (7200 rpm or higher 500GB each) in an enclosure running RAID 0 or a single external 1TB SSD. Would the SSD still have a higher read/write speed? The SSD would be samsung evo 840. Part 2 of the question would 2 512 SSD in RAID 0 be the answer?
1If you need speed, why would you use an external drive? Also, what kind of speed do you need? Linear read/write? Or perhaps random access? – Daniel B – 2014-10-15T15:05:16.927
I would need to take data with me and/or ship it – ShaadShaad – 2014-10-15T15:10:51.383
What interface is being used to the external enclosure? That might be the limiting factor. – Andrew Morton – 2014-10-15T15:23:07.113
2You didnt mention the connection type. USB 1/2/3, firewire, esata, something else. Obviously, you cant transfer faster than the connection to the drives – Keltari – 2014-10-15T15:42:06.687
Ah you are correct usb3.0 – ShaadShaad – 2014-10-15T16:11:45.580
What are you moving the data from? – David Schwartz – 2014-10-16T07:03:56.057