Use a network HDD as a server?

Hi,
Is it possible to use a stand alone network hard drive as a web server on the WAN which can be accessed from the internet? Will just any network hard drive work as a web server? What problems would I run into as opposed to using a computer as a server? I've been volunteering for an organization that needs to transfer huge video files to TV stations. I was going to give them my beloved Mac for server duty, but thought I would investigate other possibilities first. I know this isn't the correct forum for this question, but I thought you folks would be the most likely to have an answer. Thanks for your help.
Scott

That depends entirely on the network drive you use.
Any network-based drive is going to have some embedded operating system (often Linux-based) that handles the file sharing protocols. It's entirely possible that this embedded OS could also act as a web server in addition to the SMB/AFP/NFS server processes it's already running, but the specifics will depend on the specific vendor.
Many network drives already do run a web server - it's the primary means of configuring and managing the device, so you have to work out how to continue to manage the device if you reallocate the web server to serving your site rather than the admin interface (there are options such as virtual hosts, but again you'll need to check the specific device to see what options, if any, you have).
At the end of the day, though WAN serving is a very different beast than LAN serving and the network stack on the device might not be optimized for it.

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