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Interested in big storage solutions? Here's the words to work by, per Greg Ercolano, Seriss Corporation...

NetApp, BlueArc and Isolon always get mention when it comes to solid networks of hundreds of machines.

Subnetting and QoS will get you a long way towards managing load.

Careful configuration of the server to give precedence to the workstations will ensure the users won't perceive slowness, regardless of how hard the farm is beating up the server with renders.

Interactive users will perceive delays easily, so its best to let the server always give precedence to workstation I/O, and let the automated farm wait, and never vice versa.