External Firewire box for PATA and/or SATA I - SATA II HDDs

Hi all,
I'm looking for a weird thing, and I don't know whether it exists or not.
I've got a bunch of PATA HDDs now on shelf, and I'm wondering how to use them as external backup.
I googled to find a Firewire box for 4 or 5 PATA and/or SATA I - SATA II HDDs, I didn't find anything, do you know about something similar ?
Thanks,
Peloche,
MacPro 2.66, 6GB, 1TB; Mini G4, 1.45, 1GB; iPod 60 GB; 30" & 20" ACD; Apple IIC Mac OS X (10.4.8) X1900XT

Briefly,
This item Stardom SOHOBANK U6-4S-S2 Backplane cost :
220 euros +
20 euros transport +
10 euros eSATA cable +
100 euros PCIe eSATA card =
Roughly 350 euros and I have to supply HDDs.
I investigate about my existing HDDs stock :
1 x 250 Go +
2 x 120 Go +
1 x 80 Go =
570 Go and the enclosure is full.
I've had a look at French Apple Store they have a MiniMax 640 Go Iomega + hub FireWire / USB integrated for 399 euros (not available on US Apple Store).
They have also Iomega 320 Go USB 2.2 for 149 euros.
But I'm concerned about the next future, that means tomorrow, when Leopard starts to hunt beginning of 2007, a nice feature called "Time Machine" will be available.
This real time backup (if I understood well this feature) will oblige the backup disk to be "on" permanently, that is to say more permanent noise if backup storage is external.
I've had a look at my existing Mac Pro configuration, I've got:
Bay 1 : free
Bay 2 : 1 x 300 Go SATA II
Bay 3 : 1 x 250 Go SATA II
Bay 4 : 1 x 250 Go SATA II
Port 6 : 1 x 150 Go SATA I (Motherboard)
I'm considering buying a 500 Go Maxtor pro line for Bay 1 for backup purpose only, what do you think ?
Thanks,
Peloche,
MacPro 2.66, 6GB, 1TB; Mini G4, 1.45, 1GB; iPod 60 GB; 30" & 20" ACD; Apple IIC Mac OS X (10.4.8) X1900XT

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