Are FireWire Hubs ok w/ FCP ?

Any known problems with firewire hubs and FCP HD ?
i'll be using:
mac mini dual intel
external firewire 400 lacie hard drives
external DVD burner (firewire 400)
canopus ADV100
thank you

thanks Robbosaur
problem is that one of the lacie drives has only one FW 400 port (other port is FW800) and the canopus box has only one 6pin FW400 port.
I can not use the 4pin FW400 port on the canopus while using the 6pin FW400 port.
i'd also like to hook up the video camera.
i'm hoping the FW hub will solve all of this. but sometime these hubs introduce more problems that they solve.
Should be fine.
Daisy chain, well you'll have to
Mac>Drives>Canopus on the end.
Once you're done editing and looking to generate the
m2v and audio I'd probably opt to have those saved on
the boot drive.
Unplug the drives then hook the burner up at that
stage.

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