Old xserve running out of space.

Our roughly two and a half year old 2x2 Ghz DualCore intel xenon xserve came with 3 x 750 GB disks.
Two of them are mirrored, for system and files, and the third contains retrospect backup. It was the largest disks available when we got the server.
We are running out of space, and need to do something with the matter in the near future.
I am wondering if newer and larger disks are compatible with the server ( 1TB ore larger ), or should we go for an external "box" of some kind.
Any advices? We have limited resources at the moment.
Kind regards
hoa

I'd look to go external via SAS or SATA interconnect if feasible and if you've got the requisite PCI-X or PCIe slot open; per the [Xserve disk support document (HT1219)|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1219], you're not going to get a big boost replacing the internal drive modules (ADMs) from 750 GB to 1 TB.
I'd probably toss the "other" stuff onto an external (hardware RAID) disk array (disk shelf), and leave the system pieces in the box.

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