Software to tag and organize a growing raw footage library

Hi all: I am working on some projects and my group has an increasing amount of raw video footage. Are there software solutions that let me tag and catalogue my raw footage and also historical content that has been made digital? What is the best? I have a large amount of space on network drives available. Would it be better to have a large local FW or SATA drive? What solution would be best for a windows user to also be able to access the files over that network drive?
THanks for the info!

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Though I'm not very sure but perhaps the way face information is created and stored by iPhoto is different from that in Organizer. SO that might be the reason why people tags in iPhoto and Organizer behave differently. Organizer associates a face rectangle (portion of the image with a face) with people tags. That might not be the case with iPhoto perhaps.
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Well you can only edit tags using the PC. I meant with respect to which data source you use, the player itself (when connected to the PC) or the files on the PC's hard dri've.
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I've never bought a tag editing program, and have used 2 or 3. I prefer overall though, but some don't like the UI. Best to check some out.
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Announcement: Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA Video Card Driver Roll Back
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