Recommendations for Backup Storage

I make a lot of "home" movies using a miniDV camcorder, downloaded to iMovie (or recently, Final Cut Express), edited, then burned to a DVD.
While I regularly backup the rest of my computer, I have not been backing up the 500GB external HD that contains all of the iMovie/Final Cut files.
Recently, I had a major crash of the 500GB HD, and lost all of the files. Fortunately, I was able to recover the DVD material by making disk images of the DVDs I had already made. I also was able to re-download from miniDV tape those projects that I had not yet edited into a DVD.
But, the whole experience has me wondering about whether there's a good way to backup my 500GB "video drive," short of buying an additional 500GB drive to act as a mirror.
Advice?
Mac Intel Mini Core Duo 1.83 MHz Mac OS X (10.4.9) iMovie 6/Final Cut Express HD

Hi Harold - when you re-import to an imovie project from the tape, you have two options, which you select in iMovie preferences:
1. Start a New Clip at Each Scene Break - this will bring in discrete clips but transitions etc will be built-in to the clips, and the titles etc will be set in stone. So if you want an editable version saved onto tape it is best to share it to camera BEFORE you have done the fine-tuning i.e. do it at the rough cut stage. This will cut out all of the unwanted footage, and save enormously on storage space when you re-import it.
2. By deselecting the 'Start a New Clip..' option, the movie will re-import as one large clip - this is fine if you no longer wish to edit it, but just want to create a DVD from it for example.

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>>> Anders Gustafsson<[email protected]>
25.10.2011 07:25 >>>
>[email protected],
>> At time we backup with BackupExec 9.1 right to tape, but
>my guess is that this will not work on ESX any longer.
>>
>> As we do not only want to rely on ESX-Snapshots etc.. We
>still want a file-based backup-solution with tapes to be
>stored offsite, which also works with the also - but much
>later - coming OES--Migration.
>>
>> What solution can you recommend?
>
>You should be able to use the BE 9.1 agents just fine, but
>I recently migrated a customer to
>the latest version of BE to be able to use some of the
>newfangled stuff.
>
>You might also want to check out www.sep.se, SEP Sesam
>which is an excellent product.
>
>- Anders Gustafsson (NKP)
> The Aaland Islands (N60 E20)
>
>Novell has a new enhancement request system,
>or what is now known as the requirement portal.
>If customers would like to give input in the upcoming
>releases of Novell products then they should go to
>http://www.novell.com/rms

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heather713 wrote:
Ideally I'd like a wireless backup that can be used by both the Mac and PC in our household, and be able to access files between the two.
That can probably be done, depending on your router. It can be done with a Time Capsule.
I'd like to put all music and photos on it rather than on my hard drive, so not sure if it's okay to go with Time Machine or if Time Capsule is necessary.
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Time Machine is a backup app; their whole role in life is to keep extra copies of your originals, in case something awful happens to the originals. Those copies can't be used by most apps; they must be restored somewhere to be used.
You can use a Time Capsule for backups, or for originals, but it's not a good idea to try to use it for both. This is partly because Time Machine will use all the empty space available to it; and partly because Time Machine can't back up the originals that are on a network.
I use my laptop all over the house so it's only in the evenings when I dock it and would plug in to back up.
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Storage device for backup

hi all,
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I was born in La Jolla.
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