Maybe it's just me, but I'd never consider a DVD backup. For anything really, but certainly not something as valuable as footage.
I have a couple of reasons for saying that:
--The burn process can be flaky. Are you willing to verify every file after you burn?
--Recordable optical media is notoriously unstable. I've had disks fall apart after a couple of plays. I've only got a handful of self-burned disks that are still error-free after a couple of years.
--I know you didn't mention blu-ray Gerret, but has anybody here burned some? I haven't but it seems like they'd take a year to finish.
--Anyway, compare the unpredictability of optical media to hard drives. I just found a couple of Firewire/USB drives that I'd completely forgotten about. Took 'em along around the world while I used 'em, then in a box with no special protection for moves to 5 different houses in two states -- and they came through like champs. Two years later, I'm still using them.
These are cheap, off the shelf consumer drives from 10 years ago. Newer, reliable, pro drives seem like the way to go for me...even if they're not deep archive drives.
Not that any of this is specific to P2, just general storage thoughts.....
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