ESata external housing options??

Hi everyone
Could anyone help me out with which eSata external housings to buy for my g5 mac.
I want to hook up an external sataII 500gb harddrive to my g5 via sata. Which eSata housings would you recommend. I want to leave the option of being able to add another drive, even maybe 3 or 4 at a later stage. So a housing that can hold more the one drive in it.
Also, i will need a eSata card to go into my g5, any recommendations
Thanks for your help

Sorry for my ignorance. This is what i found on my "about" section
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.4f1
I have four ram slots.
Thanks for the links. I will check this out and tell you what i think.
I've decided now that i don't want an external housing for only one drive, so thankyou very much for the reference but i want room for upgrade

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