I decided I would just go at it, and ask for some advice...
I am about to buy an SATA DVD-RW so I'll probably run it the same way as the hard drives, with the exception of it curling over and plugging into the drive. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I am about to buy an SATA DVD-RW so I'll probably run it the same way as the hard drives, with the exception of it curling over and plugging into the drive. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.