Best way to store media and where to capture to, ideas?

So i am wondering what is the best most effiecient way to store my media....
I have a 500 GB Hard drive and a 1000 GB external. what do people recomomend as to where to put certain files. ie; Final Cut Project files, capture scratch, exported Quicktimes, work files..etc. I have gone through 2 external drives the last one just failed on me. Ihave been storing everything on it, all of the above noted file types. I am looking for some great media managment ideas.

I have a tutorial DVD that covers this in detail, and much more.
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