I'm now shooting my first narrative short and wondering what others use as fixed backup for dv projects. Using Premier6 in a G4 with IBM data drive. I want redundant- duplicate backups to fixed media- that I can periodically save- Don't own a deck so recapturing is not what I want to do. Thinking external firewire or installing internal ultra scsi as data drive- using IBM as backup.Does this make sense- warped or otherwise- Forget tape or removable- I figure to wipe both drives clean before next project. Affordable is the word.
Got an ultra scsi card in the closet already. Just wanna be able to sleep nights once I start eding this piece.
Suggestions,Experiences,Caveats?

With the price of gargantuan Firewire drives plummetting it's hard to argue with the economics of using one for a hot backup. If your "IBM drive" is a 75 Gb DeskStar I'd recommend looking at using an 80Gb Firewire Maxtor. I have both drives and the Maxtor is a tremendous value for the money (approx $400). You might be able to write an AppleScript routine to back-up the IBM drive each evening, eh? Heck, there -is- a pre-built Mac shareware utility that does synchronication but darned if I just don't remember the name of the product.

You might also look at http://www.firewiredirect.com for other drives and solutions. (I've purchased a couple of their portable 20Gb "Spark" Firewire drives and they're pretty darn good.)

Thanx for the idea. I've an older version of Retrospect that may support firewire and would fit the bill. Reminds me of the first "big" drive I bought for a dig' audio workstation.- $2200 for 1gig Micropolis half the size of a shoebox. Times have changed since then.