Networking an external hard drive

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I want to buy a Seagate Backup Plus Desktop 4TB Thunderbolt drive, but I was wondering if it is possible to connect my external hard drive to a network. There are two options which might help:

  1. we have a server, is it possible that I connect my external hard drive through my own macbook to the server that others could have access to it?

  2. I might be able to construct a network and give access to the other computers to store their data on my external hard drive.

Best Answer

Many modern routers offer the ability to connect a hard disk directly to the router and make it visible on the network. That might be another option to explore.