IPhoto 6 library and RAW images

Trying to conserve disk space, I have burned my entire photo library off onto DVD's and started to import again, using the iPhoto 6 alias feature. (I didn't have a lot of keywords entered, so I didn't lose too much in the way of "organization"). I imported the first batch of RAW images and iphoto not only makes thumbnails, but a 1 - 2 meg JPEG of each RAW image. Granted, not as large as the RAW image itself, but I can see this eating up HD space just the same. Also, iPhoto doesn't keep track of the external drive (DVD in this case) that the images came from, so when I go to copy/edit/whatever any particular photo, I have to remember what disk its on (not that hard, since I put a comment in the roll comments box of the disk the roll is from). But, is this the acceptable norm for cataloging images???? I am really trying to figure out a way to use iPhoto as my image cataloging software, but so far it seems like a lot of hoops to jump through.

Robert:
I've used the alias feature of iPhoto with jpgs with great success. But RAW files create a whole new problem with their accompanying jpg files, etc. I have all of my source files on an external HD so it's easier to manage than a lot of DVD disks. My 27G of source files, (17,000 photos), are represented by an alias library of 1.7G.
What you're experiencing with the disks is about the norm with image management applications working with off line source files. You need to know the ID of the disk the files are one so you can recover the full sized images easily. If your disks contain multiple folders of photos then you can add the disk name to the beginning of the roll name for easy sorting, etc.
You can use Albums for grouping rolls from the same disk. HOWEVER, don't use Smart Albums for that because there's a bug that will cause the library to crash and not open again if you go in and change the sorting within that smart album.

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