I’ve been asked a million times about what type of hard drive to buy, so I’m gonna give everyone a couple options and an overview of buying a drive for media backup/management.

Basic requirements of the hard drive:
7200rpm disk speed
100GB capacity or higher
FW800 interface (firewire 800) - some people might say you don’t need this. trust me, its better we have this interface than dont.

Here are several drives that I have used and seen used in a professional environment.

G-Drive (capacities from 320GB to 500GB)
http://www.g-technology.com/Products/G-DRIVE.cfm