Western Digital RE4 or Western Digital Black

[Timmie3054]

I do not know the difference between these 2 drives?

What does RE4 mean?.

I am planning on buying 2 500GB drives and putting them in Raid 0.
Which drive will give me better performance?.

 

[Automata]

The RE series is for RAID. They are a bit tougher in design and made for enterprise environments.

The Black should be fine, but I would read up on TLER. It can cause them to drop out of RAID arrays, simply put. For some, it never happens, but for others, it happens multiple times a day. It depends on the drive you get and the controller you have.

 

[Timmie3054]

The RE series is for RAID. They are a bit tougher in design and made for enterprise environments.

The Black should be fine, but I would read up on TLER. It can cause them to drop out of RAID arrays, simply put. For some, it never happens, but for others, it happens multiple times a day. It depends on the drive you get and the controller you have.

What does Enterprise environment mean?
I will be using the drive for media and games.

 

[Automata]

Enterprise
1) an organization created for business ventures

Basically, a company.

 

[Timmie3054]

The RE series is for RAID. They are a bit tougher in design and made for enterprise environments.

The Black should be fine, but I would read up on TLER. It can cause them to drop out of RAID arrays, simply put. For some, it never happens, but for others, it happens multiple times a day. It depends on the drive you get and the controller you have.

This is the Hard Drive I want to get
http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=15_210_212&item_id=035358

I will be using the on board controller on my motherboard which is
http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_722&item_id=037033

 

[Automata]

I have no idea if it will work properly and I very much doubt anyone could tell you.