Very large project management - need advice?

I am editing a 6 one hour episode series. I am doing this with a single library and about 20 events. Each event holds the footage keywords for the original Prores source files. I have the 6 major episode timelines created and also about 20 more timelines for interviews (I have 80 interviews that are subtitled). My FCP library files is 1.82TB size.
I am running a new Mac Pro and a new 8TB Raid 0 drive (2x4Tb). This started to freeze once or twice a day while editing.
I am now thinking to make this into 6 libraries - one for each episode and with just 3 or 4 timelines needed (sequences) for each episode. Would this help? I read that FCPX cannot handle a large project like mine and long timelines?
Thanks.

Jon Braeley wrote:
My source files are 99% Prores, so I leave the files in place and do not optimize.
Just to point out that FCP X should not allow optimizing of iFrame media, which of cours Pro Res is,
Have you seen any info on splitting into smaller libraries - not seen anything on this?
I just recently did this to reverse course on an early organizational decision I'd come to regret. Basically created new libraries and moved events to them from within the app.
But I would definitely consider Luis' suggestion about consolidating and working with external media.
Russ

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simonfromswansea wrote:
we need to get project management software which is compatible with MS Project
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Merlin
<http://projectwizards.net/en/merlin/>
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Open Project
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj/>
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> command, that the .dir file is accessed.
> Will this work when the project is published to a cd.
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files and will not
require the end user to have Director installed. You can
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at:
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regards
Dean
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http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/director/
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au

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Generate_Square_Pulse_With_TDMS_Stream.vi ‏13 KB
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Generate_Square_Pulse_With_TDMS_Stream.vi ‏14 KB
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