Question about setting up external HD?

I have a 2TB OWC external HD, I use it as my main iTunes Library. It is getting pretty full.
If I get a second 2TB external HD, is there a way to setup the 2x2TB as one big 4TB using OSX?
I would like to keep my iTunes Lib on one volume if possible. Don't know if it is possible.
Any suggestions.
Thank you.
F

fredericlang wrote:
I have a 2TB OWC external HD, I use it as my main iTunes Library. It is getting pretty full.
wow! just haw many songs have you got?
If I get a second 2TB external HD, is there a way to setup the 2x2TB as one big 4TB using OSX?
yes, you can set up a striped RAID which will combine two drives into one volume.
see this post by kappy for details on RAIDs
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1817451&tstart=0
I would like to keep my iTunes Lib on one volume if possible. Don't know if it is possible.
Any suggestions.
Thank you.
F

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