Putting in a new Hard Drive

So i got the new Mac Pro 2008 model and im seeing the hard drive getting close to full. Time to look for something to drop in that 4th empty slot. And I'm thinking the 1TB bugger. Now my question is after i drop it say i get 2 of them and want to upgrade the "filled" drive should I just drop in and initialize the first 1 TB drive. Then shut down, remove the old one and swap out or is their something else i should be aware of?

Two ODD SATA ports that can be used internal or external and are bootable. I use one port for TimeMachine for drive external.
I even keep a 2nd drive with an older copy of TimeMachine just in case, which I update and plug in only on weekend.
You can slice and dice in half a dozen ways.
500GB = 465GB usable space, then take 50GB for safety.
1000GB = 933GB, and 'after taxes' etc comes in around 800GB I would guess.
External dual SATA case from OWC www.macsales.com black $67 and NewerTech SATA extender w/ PCI $24. Even if you only use case for one drive.
SATA + FW cases can run $109 and some seem to have sluggish performance due to the case's FW/SATA bridge.
It really sounded like your were RAIDing the 500's for your system when I first read your question.

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