How to share files on 2nd drive in Mac Mini, not 1st

I am totally new to Apple's Server software so I may have some very obvious questions.
I just bought the latest Mac Mini server and want my team to all share files on the second 500GB hard drive. When a user connects to the server (from the side menu under "Shared") they see "Groups" "Public" and "Users" - and these 3 directories are on the primary drive in the Mac Mini.
I'd like to just have all the media files they're creating to be stored on the 2nd 500GB drive.
Can anyone tell me how to set this up?
Thanks for the help!
Brian,.

Hello Brian -
I'm relatively new to Snow Leopard Server, but these forums have been a great great help so I am keen to help others when I can!
This is relatively straightforward to do.
1) Make a directory on the second drive (This can be done using the Sharing Pane of Server Admin if you wish, or through SSH / Screen Sharing) - call it Data or something similar.
2) In Server Admin make a share for your new folder. I'd suggest making it automount and fill in the options accordingly.
3) Check the permissions are correct and amend if necessary - again through Server Admin
Done
Your users will now be able to connect to the server with their logon credentials and see the new share, which of course is stored on the second drive.
Make sure you've got backups configured somehow (Time Machine maybe?)
Hope this helps.
Andrew

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