Hello Aage,

Use Classic or SuperClassic to benefit from multi-CPU environment (if
one user will run bad query which consumes 100% CPU, others will work
without any problem).
Since RAM is > database size, the database will be stored completely in
file cache (after some time), it means better performance, but stability
becomes an issue - ensure you make reliable backups and, of course, use UPS.

Regards,
Alexey Kovyazin
IBSurgeon (www.ib-aid.com).

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> A friend is about to buy a new server, and he has been offered a
> Fujitsu TX300S6 with Windows Server 2008 R2.
> The offered server has 16GB RAM, and will use RAID-1 or RAID-10
> (controller has 512MB cache) with 15krpm SAS disks. Xeon E5620 (quad
> core) with 12MB cache.
> The old server has two 2GHz Xeon processors with 512KB cache (nearly
> 8 years old), and runs Win2k (Pro, I believe) with Firebird 1.5
> SuperServer.
>
> If we choose to run Firebird 2.5 64bit I assume SuperClassic would be
> a natural choice. Or SuperServer still?
> The databases are 1GB and 8GB (light use, mostly blobs with jpg
> pictures). 20-ish users (probably about 10 concurrent
> users). Sometimes intensive use, but that is almost all
> select. Insert/update/delete are seldom done in batch mode.
>
> What should I choose, what can I expect (of interesting
> things). Anything in particular to look out for?
>
> TiA
> Aage J.
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