1TB Hitachi Drives in Xserver G5?

Has anyone tried this yet or knows if it would be possible to install the 1TB Hitachi drive in an xserve G5? I have a Dual 2.0GHz G5 xserve with 3 drive bays. Currently 80x2 and a 500GB.
George

Hi George,
If you are going to be the guinea pig I'll be very interested in the results.
While searching for these drives I came across this.
Review.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=812
And this, check the title (Please note this drive is not suitable for RAID)..
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(17359)1TB-1000-GB-Hitachi-Deskstar-SATA-II-300.aspx
Please keep this thread infomed.
Thanks
Mark
G5 Duel 2.3GHz, iMac 2.33GHz intel, Xeon Xserve   Mac OS X (10.4.10)  

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