fmp server speed in current hardware?

[gensab]

1. has anyone tried the speed of fm server in a condition of 75 connected user with a solution of 120 tables?. Under this condition is the the amount of memory ram a significant effect? 500 Mb or 1024 Mb?, Is hiperthreading intel processor similar or significantly slower in speed than xeon in terms of fm functionality?. Is opteron or itanium processor a important jump in speed in terms of FM server functionality?

I know the speed of the network, the speed of the hard disk and the speed of both side (client and server) are important elements in the whole context. However I am trying to balance the important of every element in a large network with 75 users and up. Has anyone balanced in % the impact of every element that affect the speed of the overall fm server system?

[Vaughan]

Probably the definitive answer is from FileMaker Inc in their "FileMaker Server Best Practices White Paper" document, found at http://www.filemaker.com/downloads/pdf/fms_best_practices.pdf

Very briefly it states that FMS performance depends primarily on the hard disk read/write speed, the network speed, and the speed at which the computer can get data from the disk to the network.

But don't take my word for it: read the paper yourself and decide.