Will LaCie 301910 DVD burner work to backup iTunes 10 library?

My iMac disc drive is only working for CDs.  I am not sure whether the LaCie DVD burner (301910) will work to backup iTunes.
If it won't, what drive would you suggest?
Also, in iTunes 10 I do not see an option to backup up to DVDs. Is there a way to do a DVD backup of the iTunes library?
(Since upgrade to Snow Leopard I have had over 10 new songs completely disappear from the HD so that they are not on my (Time Machine)
backups to an external HD and I would prefer to have a reliable backup system.)
Thanks.

Thanks a lot. That definately helps my decision. I loved using lightscribe burners (except the slow speed for the disc labeling) back in my PC days and I'm glad to see that it works on a Mac.
20" iMac Core Duo --- 1.83GHz Macbook   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

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