Thanks, I have the hardware and software sorted out. I've designed render farms before 
I was more thinking to offer this one to the members of SimplyMaya. Wondered if people here would find it useful as a commercial service.
Glad to see you got your project up and running.
Dave
From a readers' Q and A column in TV GUIDE: "If we get involved in a nuclear war, would the electromagnetic pulses from exploding bombs damage my videotapes?"