Adding SCSI drives to my 2001 G4 Quicksilver Dual 800?

I'm thinking about adding additional SCSI drives to my Dual 800. I ordered my G4 Quicksilver with a 10,000rpm Seagate Cheeta and now want to add another Seagate SCSI. I'm choosing Seagate for no other reason than to stay using a product that has been successful for me. My questions are (enter drum roll here)..... how big of SCSI drive can I install??? What should I check out before doing so? What problems may I encounter?
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I expect it may be an Adaptec or Atto SCSI card. If you open the case and have a look there's probably a make and model stamped on the card itself. You may be able to find the information from the manufacturers web site:
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/mac/
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/scsi/
http://www.attotech.com/software/manuals.html
Alternatively I guess you could send them an email and hope you get a useful response.

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