External drive requirements for FCP - multicam 1080

I am running FCP X on a 2011 iMac i7 with 16Gb RAM, a SSD boot/system drive and the original 2TB HDD for user folders/data.
I have started using FCP multicam editing with 6 1080/30 GoPro events/angles.  Without using proxy editing, playback within the angle viewer is very poor - lots of drop outs and pauses - essentially unusable.
I switched to proxy editing and now playback is much better, but when I insert a 'cut' to another angle, there is a 1-2 second pause before playback resumes.  Seems like I'm right on the edge.
I am assuming my problem is an old, slow and 60% full internal HDD.
(I may have enough space on the SSD to test working off that drive).
Thus, I am considering using an external drive for the video library, or even moving all the user data off the old internal HDD and onto a much faster and larger TB drive.
My question is around what is 'fast enough'.  For instance, will a modern 4TB (TB interface) single drive be 'fast enough' for the example video project without proxy editing?  Do I need a multi-drive array for speed?  I have been considering something like a Promise Pegasus2 R4 in Raid 5 config with 4x1TB or 4x2TB.  I assume that will be fast enough??
Any recommendations?
db

6 1080p angles need a lot of bandwidth.
Working with proxies, as you have, is likely necessary, unless you have a RAID or a large enough SSD.
One other thing is you can try is to keep the angle viewer closed as much as possible. If you know your material well you can cut "blind" by merely using the keyboard shortcuts 1 through 6.

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