Looking for a good storage solution re: laptop and itunes

[pcu]

So I have a large music collection (>100gbs) as well as a large movie collection (200gbs and growing). I am looking at upgrading to a new setup.

Option 1) Increase internal HDD size to 320gb HDD. I will keep itunes on this and store the movies on an external HDD. Pretty straight forward.

Option 2) I'm not real familiar with them but the idea of a NAS intrigues me. I have some hesitations though cause I've read of problems getting the NAS and itunes to play nice together. If I understand it right I can plug other external HDD's into the NAS as well which would be more cost effective cause then i would need to upgrade to a new external HDD for the movies. Also wouldn't be tethered to the external when watching movies.

Don't know if there are more options but I'm looking for opinions.

 

[buwish]

I'd go with a large external drive, i.e. a TB or 2. It may be cumbersome to a degree, with with your expanding music collection and such, you'll have more room to expand. Plus, it would be cheaper in the long run. I wouldn't waste time putting a bigger internal drive in, as you'll fill it up pretty quick and it will slow the system down as you get more data on it.