Hello,

You need to install 64Gb RAM.
If you effective drivers for HDD, OS is not very important.

Regards,
Alexey Kovyazin
IBSurgeon

> We are trying to determine the best platform for Firebird SQL 2.5.2.
> Our firebird databases are 40-60gb in size and are being accessed by
> dbase plus 2.6.2 programs. Currently we are running on Windows 2003
> Server with dual Intel XEON E5430 quad-core processors and 8gb RAM.
> This server is being accessed with Windows Remote Desktop. We are in
> the process of replacing this server with a new server using 2 Intel
> XEON E5-2640 processors and 16gb of RAM. We are trying to determine
> whether we should go with Windows or Linux. We also want to consider
> client/server versus the current model we are using. We would use
> Intel I7-3770K processors with 8gb of ram for workstations.
>
>

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