Vault and Copy Library...

So, currently I choose to update my vault on one external drive and copy the library once a month to another external drive. My working library is housed in my computer.
Yes, I have one project as referenced... a large project nonetheless. This project is stored on external #1 and 'copied' on external #2.
So... at the end of the day I have my working library on my internal computer. One vault on 1 external drive, backed up frequently. And one 'copy' of my library on another external drive.
By chance... if I loose my main, on a day... I can just drag the copy library on external #2 back to my internal and add any projects that were added since the last copy of the vault on external 2 since the last full copy.
Since dragging a copy of the complete library is faster than restoring from a Vault... does this seam like an intuitive double back up method? What would you do different.
Additional factors.... my Aperture library is about 110 gigs and my one referenced project is 20 gigs.
Any input regarding pros and cons of this set up will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
mb

sorry... I am using 10.4.11 if it matters.

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