Advice on itunes library sharing + backup

Hi everyone - just converted my house from win to mac. Currently have a mac mini and macbook air. At this moment, they are completely standalone, and both backup directly to Mozy.
I'd like to buy a time capsule, or similar type of network storage, and move the complete media folder there and have both macs access it directly for music, and photos - ~200GB. Each mac will keep their documents and outlook 2011 mail storage locally so each mac will still backup directly to mozy - i really like the idea of off-site backup.
So, one of my questions is how will i back up the NAS to the cloud. Should one of the macs have a iscsi connection to the NAS so it looks like local storage so mozy will continue to back it up? I'm sure i'm not creating the wheel here, so any advice will be greatly appreciated.
thanks.
Dave

I wouldn't backup a NAS to the cloud! Check your ISP and make sure you don't have a Cap on your monthly data usage.
Now if you use a NAS then read the Apple document iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder. Just make sure you use CAT 5E or CAT 6 cables and a router/switch that does 1000 Base-T.

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when looked in preferences the old location was still there, eventually changed in preferences
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