Backing up external drive (1 Viewer)

I have an iMac and a network drive. I've been using the network drive to store my music library so that my other network computers can access it also.

I recently bought a RAID external drive (not networked) for my iMac both to store my massive movie files from my Sony HD Camera as well as to backup my iMac.

I would also like to have a backup of my music files. Is there an easy way to get time machine to backup not only my on-board hard drive but also the networked drive?

If not - does anyone have any recommendations?

-and yes - I've decided to take the plunge and start working on learning more about my iMac. I'm also researching networking (I found a few forums dedicated to it) and getting my three OS systems to freely share files.

(I still think there is money to be made if a coder could make an app that could simplify this across various platforms)

I'd use Carbon Copy Cloner and set it up to do a backup of whatever you wanted late at night...

Time Machine will only back up your boot drive...not the networked drive. As Sam mentioned, download a free copy (but donations accepted) of Carbon Copy Cloner from bombich.com. It will let you easily back up that network drive.

Googling this issues suggests Time Machine will backup external drives.

Does Time Machine backup external drives? | one digital life

Maybe but I think networked drives are a totally seperate category.