What is the biggest hard drive I can place in my mac book pro?

I have a late 2011 mac book pro 15". I need a bigger hard drive in the laptop because this one is just way too small. What is the biggest hard drive i can put in the laptop. I'm asking this because i can't find any real info on types of hard drives i can get and what not.

If you're going to trust your internal drive up to 1TB, which is indeed possible, I would recommend buying a backup drive of 2-3TBs. Personally, I'd rather have a 512GB SSD with a 2TB backup and a 2TB 'working' external than try to cram 1TB into my portable computer...
...that's just me...
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Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro7,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.4 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MBP71.0039.B0E
SMC Version (system):          1.62f7
Serial Number (system):          censored
Hardware UUID:          AE89EC15-B8F4-55F2-9FBA-62A37A8FA813
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:          Enabled
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Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02:
Capacity:          250.06 GB (250,059,350,016 bytes)
Model:          Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02
Revision:          PB2AC60W
Serial Number:          sensored
Native Command Queuing:          Yes
Queue Depth:          32
Removable Media:          No
Detachable Drive:          No
BSD Name:          disk0
Rotational Rate:          5400
Medium Type:          Rotational
Partition Map Type:          GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Verified
Volumes:
disk0s1:
Capacity:          209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name:          disk0s1
Content:          EFI
Macintosh HD:
Capacity:          249.2 GB (249,199,591,424 bytes)
Available:          38.7 GB (38,704,214,016 bytes)
Writable:          Yes
File System:          Journaled HFS+
BSD Name:          disk0s2
Mount Point:          /
Content:          Apple_HFS
Volume UUID:          296EA13D-E7F5-3259-AA9E-E161D5DD5CF4
Recovery HD:
Capacity:          650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
BSD Name:          disk0s3
Content:          Apple_Boot
Volume UUID:          1ADA838F-6E89-33CD-A729-8CB397C1A130

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