Recommendations for external IDE storage

[Alma J Wetzker]

Jason Joines wrote:
>     We had an external raid for IDE drives that connected to a server 
> via SCSI.  The array was used for storing 100s of CDs of data so the 
> users didn't have to go around hunting and trading CDs. It was very 
> expensive and is now dead.  The drives however are still good.
> 
>     We have a very limited budget but woulld like to get the drives back 
> into use.  I have a USB 2 card with 4 ports.  I would like to get these 
> four 160 GB drives into a 640 GB linux software raid-0.
> 
>     Does anyone know of a four drive external case that will connect via 
> USB?  If not, will plugging in 4 separate 1-drive USB cases and raiding 
> them togethere work?  Would firewire be better?  The server itself is a 
> Dell 2450 with SuSE Linux 8.0 and kernel 2.4.18.
> 
>     Any other suggestions?
> 
What, specifically, died?  There is a USB to SCSI converter that a local, 
strip mall, PC seller had.  I would think that firewire is better but I am not 
sure about support for RAID in either firewire or USB.

     -- Alma