IMac & FCP: what hardware is needed?

Hey all -
I'd like to use my iMac with FCP (I have Studio 2).
The iMac is a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 4GB RAM and running OS 10.5.8.
I would be ingesting DVCam video (standard definition) from my Sony VTR via 400 FireWire into the hard drive.
What hardware (external drive, etc) would be a good mix with my iMac?
Thanks!

Any good quality Firewire disk would be good. Gtech have a very good rep, but are expensive. Western Digital do Firewire external drives up to (I think) 2TB. Don't touch Iomega. I have one, and I'm on the third replacement.
Set FCP scratch disks to point to the external drive
Format the drive to Mac OS Journaled (do it in Disk Utility).
My recommendation would be to get 2 externals - one as a working drive and one as a backup. Sizewise, it depends how much video you'll produce. If you're doing it occasionally for fun, 2 x 500GB will be fine, but 2 x 1TB would be better.

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"for an application, which hardware do we need?"
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