I've been thinking about putting together some sort of RAID system for my home system, just to give myself a little extra layer of protection. However, I don't really want to figure out how to fit another two or three drives into my system. Putting drives outside the box has problems, though, since IDE cables aren't really meant to go there.. Going outside the box probably means using SCSI, FireWire, or USB 2.0. SCSI would be nice, but it's expensive, and I'm sure that any IDE<->SCSI bridges probably cost quite a bit. USB scares me a bit, so I've been looking at what can be done with FireWire. Anyway, I guess I'll just outline my thoughts and see if anyone thinks it's a stupid idea or what.. I'm thinking of scrounging up an enclosure of some kind (probably an old SCSI box), ripping out any extra guts, putting in 3 or 4 IDE drives, and using FireWire<->IDE bridges to connect them to a FireWire bus. Optimistically, I think I could pull it off for about $500, but maybe I'm just deluding myself.. Is this a stupid idea? Should I just do SCSI instead, or buy a new case? -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ The more things change, the / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ more they stay insane. \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020613/37291bfb/attachment.pgp