User accounts and shared data on external drive

I installed Lion Server on a Mac Mini that has a smaller hard drive. Aprox 150GB. The intent is to have user files and accounts reside on a larger 4TB raid drive (2/2)  which is installed on a G4 running 10.5.8. Lion Server would access the G4 via a network connection.
Is that possible?
When I look at an account in the users window of Lion Server it says Home Folder : Local only (pull down menu)

I installed Lion Server on a Mac Mini that has a smaller hard drive. Aprox 150GB. The intent is to have user files and accounts reside on a larger 4TB raid drive (2/2)  which is installed on a G4 running 10.5.8. Lion Server would access the G4 via a network connection.
Is that possible?
When I look at an account in the users window of Lion Server it says Home Folder : Local only (pull down menu)

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