What do i do once my itunes library is too big to fit on one drive?

I have a 1 tb drive and I can upgrade it even to a 3 tb drive but eventually i am going to fill that one too. What are my options once my itunes Library fills my HDD. I use this library to syn to multiple computers and apple tv units throughout my house.
Any suggestions?
Alan

connect the external to your Mac and make sure it is properly formatted
go iTunes > preferences > advanced and point iTunes media folder location to the external
on the same tab, ensure the copy to ... when adding option is checkmarked and ok out
select (highlight) the content you want to move in iTunes, right-click (or ctrl-click), and choose consolidate files from the pop-up menu
repeat as necessary pointing iTunes media folder location to other drives/locations.
when the moving's done, you can delete the original files to make room on your boot drive.

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