Re: MXF files on same drive as scratch disk? Long form doc

For Final Cut I essentially live out of three folders:
• Projects - all projects are in their own folder here. I also keep ancillary files (graphics, logos) in here. It's easy to forget to backup those small files.
• Scratch - L&T media and render files go here.
• Completed Projects - exported QT moves go here. I find it handy to have one folder where completed things are located.

To your questions:

#1 - It's wise to keep your camera reels on a drive separate from your scratch drive. Right now all your eggs are in one basket. Hard drives will fail, and based on the workflow you've explained if your 1TB drive fails (mechanical, power surges, someone trips over a wire, corruption) you're in bad shape.

#2 - I would say have a drive for your MXF media from the camera. I would keep this detached from the wall and the tower, and offsite (fire, theft, etc) as possible. Log and Transfer (capture scratch) onto a larger 2TB+ drive. I would keep the projects in a "projects" folder on this drive. Put the autosave vault on your system drive.

With this setup if the large drive fails you can open the project from the autosave vault on the system drive and "recapture media" from your MXF drive and be up and going. If the MXF drive fails immediately purchase a new hard drive to backup your scratch drive, and back it up.

#3 - You can perform a finder-level copy/paste of your scratch to another drive. If Final Cut can't find the media it will show you a reconnect media box. Just point it to where you moved the files.