Lion Server Hangs After Apple Logo

Hello all,
I've seen simillar posts about this but nothing concrete for a fix before calling for service. Here's a short history. Our macpro lion server (2012) machine had a bad system update from 10.7.1 to 10.7.4 if I remenber correctly. The update went bad and I had to call service to fix and reupdate back to 10.7.4 After that it all seemed great. We purchased extensis porfolio pro for our cd image database and it requires installation on the server itself. After trying to install, message popped up the installer unexpectedly quit. Tried the installer on another machine and worked fine so installer is safe. Went to disk utility to fix permissions and the app itself would unexpectedly quit so I tried a restart. After the restart it boots but after the Apple logo it disappears and all I get is the grey screen with the occasional spinning grey circle. Did a fsck -f and it modified the disk so I did it again until it came up ok. After the second round it came back ok and still the same result after restart. Good thing is our server is still accessible (for now) and we can still do our work until I can copy files. I plan to do tonight after everyone leaves is run disk warrior if I can get the cd try to open. Unfortunately I'm not a real mac tech and can only with what I'm familiar with. Repairing permissions and fsck stuff.
Is there anything else to try or at this point or should I just call applecare?
Thank you for taking the time.

I have trouble understanding
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There are details though that are probably missing.

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