Beta to DVD

I found a few discusssions that sort of addressed this issue, but I still have questions.
I need to capture several short PAL Beta tapes and put them on DVD with menus. The producer wants to keep the captured files for future use as well.
Here's my work flow:
Connect Beta deck to AJA io; capture to FCP-5 8 bit uncompressed. Then, I'd line it up in FCP and drop the sequence into compressor and convert to mpeg-2 pal for DVD (Using DVD Studio Pro).
I would save the 8 bit Uncompressed files to my Lacie Big Disk FW 800 drive.
Does this sound right? These tapes are 30 years old so is there a big difference between 8 bit and 10 bit - besides the size? For 8 bit using AJA, going through firewire, what is my "easy setup"? How much hard drive space should I expect for 5 hours of Beta footage?
Thanks!
G5, Dual 1.8, 2 gigs RAM, OS 10.4.6
Firewire 800 Lacie 500 gig drive
FCP 5 Studio
AJA io
Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Here's a payback reply for answering my last post
8-bit uncompressed with a Kona is about 20.3 MB a sec. I captured a 34 minute clip today and it is 41.4 GB in size. so you'd be looking at 450-500 GB to store 5 hours.
Oh and FYI, don't export your SEQ from FCP directly to Compressor. Make a QT reference movie by exporting SEQ as QUIKTIME MOVIE, do not select MAKE SELF CONTAINED. Save the reference file to a drive and then open Compressor and drag that file in. It will encode MUCH faster and free up FCP for other projects while the encode is being done.
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