Sharing an external HD on a Powermac Network

Hi !
I'm working in a graphic & motion design agency in Paris, and we would like to share on our network an external hard drive containing our picture, sound and video libraries, so that anyone can access it.
Can anyone help us do that ?
Do we need it to connect it to one of the computer ?
How to make it appear in our network without connecting through the computer it's connected to ?
Power Mac G5 at work, iMac Core Duo at home   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Greetings-
I agree with the Hatter-grab a cheap NAS device and use it. If your external drive is USB you may be able to use it as additional storage for the NAS device.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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