Networking an external hard drive 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:


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