Quicksilver scsi drive size limit ?

Hello all.
The original 37gig SCSI drive on my Quicksilver (NOT mirror door) is beginning to sing a sad song so I am looking into replacement.
I know there is a 128gig size limit for ATA drives in this model but is there any size limit for internal SCSI ????
I have already added a 120gig ATA with my original 80gig ATA so I think I'm pretty well maxed out (heat and power wise) on internal ATA drives.
Due to the cost of SCSI drives I'm thinking what I may do is buy an external LARGE firewire dive, transfer the contents of my internal SCSI drive to that firewire drive and then just use the SCSI drive as a dedicated "video capture" drive until it finally dies.
So, besides the original question about SCSI drive size limits does anyone have anythoughts on going external firewire vs. additional internal drives?
Thanks.
Gary
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