LaCie as scratch disk, but only one Firewire slot

Would like to use my external LaCie drive as scratch disc, however, have only one Firewire connection on my MacBook Pro? Do I need a hub to be able to additionally connect my video camera? Or, else? Or just log everything to my hard drive (as long as I have enough space)?
Thanks,
Alex

For the MacBookPro, you can connet your camera to MBP's firewire port, then buy an eSATA ExpressCard and connet to an eSATA storage - scratch disk.
Check with CalDigit, they have external RAID solution, from two disk RAID to 8 disk RAID solution.
We have a 2-bay RAID disk from them.
http://www.caldigit.com/S2VRDuo.asp
If you buy their storage, it does come with the ExpressCard
which is compatible with MBP or a controller card (PCI-e or PCI-x), you do not have to pay anything extra.
CalDigit ExpressCard
http://www.caldigit.com/FASTA-1ex.asp
By the way, there are some great workflows and reviews talking about CalDigit's RAID products applied to video editing:
http://www.caldigit.com/Reviews.asp
http://www.caldigit.com/Testimonials.asp
hope this helps.
Power G5 Quad and Intel Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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