Hello. I intend on upgrading my 27" late 2012 iMac with a blade SSD AND replacing the existing 1TB 3.5" HD.
Originally I was thinking of replacing the 3.5" HDD with something like the 4TB Seagate Barracuda Pro (7200 RPM, 256MB Cache) which boasts sustained data speeds of up to 250MB/s.
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Computers-ST4000DM006/dp/B01MSW4MNS
Then I wondered: what if I could fit two 2.5" drives in that space and have them connected to a RAID controller? And it looks like someone makes just that. The Startech Dual 2.5" to 3.5" adapter with RAID
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IR04MYE/
I could load it with 2x Seagate 2.5" Barracuda 2TB in RAID 0, for 4TB of storage.
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-2-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000LM048/dp/B01LX13P71/
Anyone think this would be worth it over the 3.5"? In my research it seems like Startech is the only company making such a thing, but anyone know of another? Anyone know of perhaps a more elegant way of doing this in an iMac?
Thanks!
Originally I was thinking of replacing the 3.5" HDD with something like the 4TB Seagate Barracuda Pro (7200 RPM, 256MB Cache) which boasts sustained data speeds of up to 250MB/s.
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Computers-ST4000DM006/dp/B01MSW4MNS
Then I wondered: what if I could fit two 2.5" drives in that space and have them connected to a RAID controller? And it looks like someone makes just that. The Startech Dual 2.5" to 3.5" adapter with RAID
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IR04MYE/
I could load it with 2x Seagate 2.5" Barracuda 2TB in RAID 0, for 4TB of storage.
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-2-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000LM048/dp/B01LX13P71/
Anyone think this would be worth it over the 3.5"? In my research it seems like Startech is the only company making such a thing, but anyone know of another? Anyone know of perhaps a more elegant way of doing this in an iMac?
Thanks!