IDE RAID is a great solution for many applications and is far too often overlooked by ignorant SCSI snobs who don't know anything except that someone told them once SCSI was the way to go.

True. People forget that original meaning of I in RAID was 'inexpensive'. First RAID boxes used ESDI or even ST506 drives (usually with SCSI external interface).
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Dragi "Bonzi" Raos Q#5196 MkII #080000376, 18GB green MkIIa #040103247, 60GB blue