Thunderbolt display to hard drive?

I have a 15" MBP with a 27" TBD connected to it and finally a 4TB G-RAID TB connected to the display. I wanted to add another monitor but I did not know if I should save and get another TBD and connect the hard drive to it, or just connect another monitor to the back of the hard drive. Would there be any major differences between the two with data speed?

See -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_%28interface%29. The hard drive(s) should start the chain with the Display(s) at the end.
I would get another TB Display, unless you've a Retina MBP? If a Retina, you would not have to daisy-chain but could rather use the second TB port with an adapter to another ported display.
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