Freeing up space. How?

I want to free up space on my computer because I have so many songs and its slowing everything down. My questions are:
How can I make it so I can delete all of the songs of my computer but still keep them in the iPod (without having my iPod erease them all after I plug it in again)?
and
Will I be able to plug in my iPod into my computer and hear all the songs on my iPod?
5th Generation iPod Video Windows XP

Managing content manually on iPod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61148
iPod: Frequently Asked Questions
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60920
Patrick

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Would it be possible to purchase more space?
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iSCSI as you are using with a NAS such as Synology or QNAP. NAS Selector - Support - Synology - Network Attached Storage (NAS)
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