Itunes LIbrary stored on a NAS

I have a "myworldbook" NAS with my i-tunes library on it.
Sometimes it disconects itself form the network... and I-tunes defaults the library back to a local folder (without even asking - a bit rude I think).
Usually I just re-set the NAS and change the library in i-tunes back at the NAS. I spent last month updating all the album covers... Nice work.
But when the NAS went off line, it defaulted back to local drive... and then "lost" all my album covers except the ones that I-tunes downloads automatically.
Now I have a number of files on a local drive and a number of files on the NAS with album covers who knows where... it's a mess.
Consolidate? ok.
But there's a complication... another computer shares the NAS and when it adds files to the library... i.e. when I consolidate, those files are not added to the other computer's copy of i-tunes, even though they exist in the NAS library.
How do I work around sharing the Library on a NAS trouble free?

Basco did you figure this out?

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