Shared iPhoto library on TC with backup to USB Drive?

We have 3 Macs on a WIRED Gig-E network and a large library of high-res photos.  Just installed a fire & flood resistant USB drive to the TC.  Will be backing up with TM to the rugged drive.  Want to use the TC internal drive to store the iPhoto and iTunes libraries, so I have the backup and libraries on separate drives as recommended.  Then share the libraries among teh 3 Macs over Ethernet.  Questions:
1- When I right click on either TC or the USB drive I do not get any info, and no checkbox about permissions or ownership to unclick as described on other threads.  What do I need to do to make this configuaration work?
2- Tried copying a small fraction of my iPhoto ibrary over to the TC- it wanted 2 days to copy 30GB over Gig-Ethernet.  What the heck is up with that?  Many people have noted this- no one has seemd to EXPLAIN IT or provide a clear fix.
3- Assumming I can get this all worked out, how is the start-up and use speed for both remote iPhoto and iTunes ( LARGE: 300GB+ each) libraries over Gig-E?
A huge thanks in advance for informed responses.
JD

SVO wrote:
We have 3 Macs on a WIRED Gig-E network and a large library of high-res photos.  Just installed a fire & flood resistant USB drive to the TC.  Will be backing up with TM to the rugged drive.  Want to use the TC internal drive to store the iPhoto and iTunes libraries, so I have the backup and libraries on separate drives as recommended. 
In addition to Bob's cautions, note that you cannot use Time Machine to back up the Time Capsule's internal HD -- it cannot back up from a network location. 
There is a facility to "archive" the TC's HD to an attached USB drive, but it has several downsides: it's a complete copy only (not just changes), and the TC's HD is not available during the copy.  See Using AirPort Utility 5.3.1 or later to make a copy of the Time Capsule disk.
There are other backup apps that might work better.  I've not used any, but understand that ChronoSync might be an option.

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