Archiving fcpx projects

What is the procedure for archiving finished projects? Which files (projects/events, ect...)?
Is there a way to get rid of the large files of the transcoded media and only keep the smaller original media and re-transcode if the project is needed again?

Inside a specific Event's folder are to sub-folders.  Original Media (if you opted to copy it in to the Event folder), and Transcoded Media (if you Optimized and/or created Proxies).  You can delete the Transcoded Media folder, but look inside it to be sure.
Before anything, you want to "Organize The Event" to be safe.
http://www.fcproxuniversity.com/FCPro_X_University/Extra_Credit/Entries/2013/3/1 7_Consolidating_%26_Transcode_Events_Before_Backup_or_Transfer.html
Then you can delete the Optimized Media, and archive that Event's specific folder.  Any Projects that link to it will have to be archived along with it, or you'll have trouble.
To backup FCP X drives, here's an article on that.
http://www.fcproxuniversity.com/FCPro_X_University/Extra_Credit/Entries/2013/3/1 1_Carbon_Copy_Cloner_For_FCP_X.html
AN ALTERNATIVE, and maybe easier method would be to delete the Transcoded media, laucn FCP X, relink to the original media.
Then go to the Project, in the Library, right-click it and select Duplicate.  Then select "Duplicate with referenced Events".  Point that to the drive you want to archive it on.  Then delete the original Project and Event.

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