Mac Pro with Second HD for Win and Mac

Hello Everyone,
I just purchased a new Mac Pro 3.2 Ghz. I have two 500 GB HDs. One is partitioned for Mac OS X and Windows Vista 64. The second HD I want to use as storage for both Mac OS X and Windows and be able to share files. Everyone I talked to says I should format to FAT 32, but there are file size limitations with that format. Is there any way to get the second HD to NTFS format and so that Mac OS X and Windows can read and write to it. Also it would be great if there is a way to unlock my Windows partition on the Mac side so I can write to it. Also are there any good solutions for backing up files using an external RAID with large file formats such as a 1TB or more. If there is anyone who has a similar set up I would welcome any suggestions.
Thanks,
jh3d

I bought Paragon-Software NTFS 6.5 driver to write to NTFS from OS X.
http://www.paragon-software.com/
You can use the convert command in Vista, or just delete the FAT partition and create NTFS.
RAID is a common, popular topic and mbean has lots and lots of great replies, or check out AMUG reviews and also Rob_Art's Barefeats.
http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/reviews.html
(down right now)
http://www.barefeats.com/
I use DataBackup PC from Prosoft Engineering in Vista (makers of Data Rescue II) along with Vista Ultimate's backup PC and files feature to FW and Sonnet Tempo E4P.
http://www.prosoftengineering.com/index.php
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/temposatae4p.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hitachi-western-digital-terabyte,2017-13.htm l
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD1001FALS/
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