I just picked up a decent Dual 867 MDD G4 at goodwill for $75. I figured I can make this into a decent file server.

I actually have a copy of Leopard server I might throw on it, but it has leopard client on it right now.

Anyway - I'm thinking of turning this into a file server & media player. I think the max storage I'll need is probably 500GB.

1) I would guess the MDD supports LBA IDE drives, correct?

2) IDE drives top out at 500GB or so - why?

3) Would it be a good idea to get a SATA card and run SATA drives? What's the advantage?

TIA!