Users/Groups on different drive

OS X Server has a single system disk and two others in a mirror RAID configuration. The OS defaults to having the Unix Users and Groups directories on the system drive, but for data security I want user data on the RAID.
I can see three options:
1. create completely different directories on the RAID and administer these as separate entities, ignoring Users/Groups
2. delete the system directories and create new directories called Users and Groups on the RAID (I suspect that this is the 'least good' option)
3. create symlinks from Users/Groups to the folders on the RAID
How would you approach this?

Nigel,
We have been using your #1 option for several years without any problems. Separate directory on a separate drive. Our default Users/Groups folders on the system disk are empty. I did stop sharing on the default ones to make sure that I did not put anyone or anything in them by mistake. I have no idea if the actual name would be a problem so I called our shared users file "Userhomes" to eliminate any potential issues and clarify which folder I created.
-Erich

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