[TriLUG] Expandable storage options?

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I want to add some storage to one of my desktops, and I'd rather
not use IDE because of the two-drive-per-controller limitation.
Plus the internal drive bays are full, so I need to move to an
expansion cabinet of some type.

I have a SCSI card in the box, so I was anticipating going to a
seven-drive expansion box to which I could add more drives as
needed.  Unfortunately, SCSI drives seem to have virtually
disappeared from the market.

I'm hearing that firewire is the replacement for SCSI parallel
interfaces, but I'm a software geek and lag terribly behind the
hardware awareness curve.  I've basically ignored firewire ever
since I first encountered it in the l990s when it seemed to be
mostly an experimental toy from Apple.

So, what would people suggest for an external expansion strategy?
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Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini  http://Ken.Coar.Org/
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