The system you select must have the capacity to handle peak production requirements, as well as having the durability to handle sustained production levels. Closely related to the raw number of discs produced is the average amount of data that each disc contains.
Platform issues are just as important as production issues.
If it is scattered across the network, you will obviously need to include networking compatibility as one of your CD solution requirements. Windows NT has a habit of capitalizing the first letter of a file name. If you plan to install your CD solution under NT, and you wish to retain the original UNIX file names and file system structure, you may be in for an unpleasant surprise. Using the less restrictive ISO9660 level 3 format may solve many file system incompatibilities, but chances are there will still be problems, especially if preserving original file names is important. There are other critical platform issues.