Wayne:

My customer is a great deal bigger than I am and they have policies about how they want their servers to be used.

Your answer may make a great deal of sense to you and me but it isn't practical for me to make suggestions about their equipment. These guys actually have a "Server Farm" with an army of technicians around it. I have to use what they give me or they will look for someone else.

So we have to solve this one politically not technically. But I appreciate your suggestion in any case.

Mike Smith