Files copied from and to external USB HD connected via Extreme disappears

Ok here is my senario and it has happend even before Mavericks. I was hoping it was fixed in Mavericks but doesn't appear so.
I have an external USB HD (Segate 3TB) connected to my Extreme's external USB port. The drive is shared with a drive password and the extreme is connected to my iMac via ethernet cable.
The problem is I download large (legal) files from the web and store them on this drive. I later go back and move the files to their proper folder, also stored on same drive. I use Finder to do all my moving, renaming, etc. The files about 5% of the time will move and be there for a few minutes then both dissappear from the drive completely, it is the strangest thing. At first I thought I was accidently deleting them somehow but it has now been happening for over a year.

I cannot really say. My home network and this extreme are used almost 20 hours a day streaming 1 - 2 HD Videos, from the metioned drive. While also keeping up with the kids MMORPG video games and youtube watching habits. I try and steal what bandwidth time slices I can. LOL (DSL Stinks BTW) I do wish there was an app to get better realtime data from the extreme.?.?
Given what the extreme handles I would not want to task my iMac with that, even just streaming the videos. I am already concerned that the Segate drive may not be able to handle the speed I need, to serve more and more simultaneous streams. I was already considering a second drive and raid 0 to help with any stutter, and a badly needed backup. Ohh wouldn't it be nice if I could connect another drive to one of my expresses and mirror them together.
I believe I'm about to talk myself into setting up a linux NAS server. Any better ideas, that aren't "Apple cheap".

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