Mozy Lost My Data - So I am Reverting to Time Machine

I had all my multimedia data - 600GB - backed-up to the online service Mozy, but one day it all became unlinked and started to upload everything again. Having spent two months getting the data to Mozy in the first place I wasn't about to go through that pain again so I am looking for another backup option.
I use Time Machine on my laptop and have experienced no problems, but I am concerned about the ideal ratio of the disk being backed-up to that of the destination.
My 1TB multimedia drive currently contains that 600GB that I mentioned and will grow slowly over time, but with few day-to-day changes. Would another 1TB drive be sufficient for the backup, or should I be looking at a larger one already?
I am not worried about having multiple iterations of each file, just an assurance that a complete backup from as recently as yesterday will be available.

How much is on your internal HD? Add that to your 600GB, and theoretically, 1 GB is too small, but in your case it may work for a while. It all depends on how much your internal HD changes and grows, and how much the 600 gb of media grows, and how much it changes.
Our rule of thumb here is that TM should have 2-3 times the space of what it's backing-up, but that varies greatly from situation to situation. For some, even 3 times isn't enough; others can do with 1.5 or even less.
Especially if your internal isn't large, and if the media doesn't change frequently, you might have room for several weeks worth of backups, or even more. There's really no accurate way to predict, but if you haven't bought a drive yet, you'd be well advised to go larger than 1 tb.

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