Central storage issue

I have a 'machouse' (mac mini, 2 Airs and a Pro). I use an airport extreme as the base station, and I have an old airport express that is currently unused. I wanted to have a central storage option for all the computers to access media (save media to), photos and do backups to. A computer store listened to my request and then suggested a NAS ... they sold me this:http://ain.mediasonic.ca/store/produ...roducts_id=257
After saving up and purchasing more drives (total of 4 @ 2TB each) I have found out that I do not DO NOT have a NAS, this is a 4 bay enclosure (set to RAID 10). How can I set this up to use as I wish. I have the AE if that helps ...
Thanks!

Your question does not really have anything to do with AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule.
You will need to purchase a dedicated NAS drive. Something like one of these devices, for example:
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Next to that I use a NAS from QNAP to store my data centrally. That should make it easy to use my data on every device that I have.
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Here is a possible solution that won't break the bank. For two users in the same location, it looks like it should work beautifully.
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