Is the WD2500BEVE the largest available PATA drive still?
And is it the only available brand of that size?

I'm just keeping an eye on things for a future capacity bump on our 24/7 server here, which functions on a single notebook drive (total power consumption of server is about 22W steady state).

It currently has a nice Seagate 160GB drive, so a bump to 250GB isn't really that big of a change, I suppose (+50% Mmmm..).

There is a free PCI slot on the mini-ITX mobo, though, so perhaps I'll dig up a low power consumption SATA card for it. Or maybe just use two notebook drives instead of one -- probably better for wattage that way.

Mmm..