How many hard drives can i install in my mac pro

How do I know what size hard drives I can install?  I currently have 4 x 2TB drives installed and am looking to go bigger.  4 x 4TB would be ideal and if you have suggestions on which drives might give me best performance for HD video editing that would be nice too.
Also can I install more RAM? 
ere is some information to help. 
Mac Pro
Early 2008
Processor  2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory  16 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
Graphics  2 x NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB
Software  Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 (11D50b)
  Model Name:          Mac Pro
  Model Identifier:          MacPro3,1
  Processor Name:          Quad-Core Intel Xeon
  Processor Speed:          2.8 GHz
  Number of Processors:          2
  Total Number of Cores:          8
  L2 Cache (per Processor):          12 MB
  Memory:          16 GB
  Bus Speed:          1.6 GHz
  Boot ROM Version:          MP31.006C.B05
  SMC Version (system):          1.25f4
  Serial Number (system):          G************
  Hardware UUID:          47DF4954-C493-50B8-85F3-FC381FA75AD6

PCIe SSD controller
www.macperformanceguide.com
That would be $1600 for your 16TB
There are kits to put 2.5" drives (4) in lower optical drive bay. Some WD 10K VR 500GB and 1TB ($200 and $300, 200MB/sec)
32GB 8 x 4GB FBDIMM 800MHz
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