Library too big for single 2TB drive...

hi guys
my iTunes library has reached the point where it won't fit into a single My Book 2TB drive anymore & i was wondering if iTunes could have it's library ''spread across'' a couple of drives but here's the catch : since i have it alphabetically could i have say, one drive with artists up to the letter M & the rest in the other ?...while having them mirrored so they are automatically backed up when i load new music into them. is Disk Utility up to that ?
sorry these are two questions in reality...
any help would be dearly appreciated since i don't know how to move forward & still have SOOO MANY albums to get in there...
thanks in advance
Nuno

nuno1959 wrote:
just to make sure i got it right : after i ''untick'' both those boxes, when i pop in a CD in my iMac & i tell iTunes that yes, i want to import it , iTunes will place it randomly in either one of the drives ?
When you go to Edit > Preferenced > Advanced, in addition to the "Keep..." and "Copy..." options, you will see a box for the "iTunes Media Folder" location. When you rip a CD, iTunes places the files in the iTunes Media Folder location that is specified at the time you rip. You should probably keep it set to the less full drive.

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