Best 2TB hard drive for FCP???

I'm upconverting dozens of mini-DV tapes of old WWII footage and will need at least 2TB of storage.
What is the best, most reliable mac pro desktop internal hard drive I can get for storing video and editing with FCP7? Or should I get one of those external cases where you can house multiple drives?
I was initially thinking of going with Western Digital's Caviar Black 2TB or perhaps Seagate's 2TB Barracuda, but I noticed on Apple store a 2TB with 3GB/s serial ATA. But much more expensive of course ($549).
Thanks in advance for any advice,
- Nick

I think you will need a fast firewire drive for an external hard drive.
You may look at istoragepro dock 2TB, they offer impressive speed and high capacity: http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/412562/review/istorageproit1_dock2tb.html
here is the spec: http://www.istoragepro.com/prod.php?id=it1dock

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