What USB drive to use to extend TC?

Hi, I have a first generation Time Capsule with the 500GB hard drive. I would like to plug an external USB hard drive of 500GB or larger into the TC USB port to extend the capacity of the TC. I don't necessarily need to see or access it as a separate drive; if the TC will use it for backups just like the internal drive, that will be fine. Of course I would like to copy files to and fro as well. Is anyone doing this successfully on an OS X 10.6.x system? If so, please tell me what model of USB drive you are using and I'll go buy one right now. Thanks.

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