Shoot, transfer to drive (2) First priority back at the base is archive to material to LTO tape (2). Store 1 on site, store 1 off site. If you can handle 3 lto’s of each project you are extremely well covered.
We always try to have two hard drives available at the shop for the footage. Nothing worse than having the drive die during the edit, and having to wait for the restore from LTO. For an extra hundred bucks, we have a backup drive to work from as well.
LTO 5 tapes are around 40 bucks a piece, and store 1.5 tbs. LTO 6 is just out now, holding 2.5 tb, but right now costing 3 times as much for the media.
Glenn