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If funds run to it a SSD for the OS and application and a 500Gb HD for data would be a perfect spec, giving you an almost instant startup a far more significant benefit than the extra RAM. Also more $ of course...
The new Apple Server software isn't the same as it used to be. It now consists of a basic, standard OS with add-on's for the server functions. Apple provide a PDF of how to easily remove the Server functions. If you get the Server and find the server functions get in the way I will dig out the PDF and you can remove them.
Mountain Lion will be released very soon, supposedly mid to late July. I would wait until it's released. That way you don't have to upgrade. Mountain Lion is well worth the upgrade. It has many wonderful features especially regarding integration with with the iPhone etc. I have been using it since it was released for evaluation and I love it. Going back to Lion is a big step backwards once you have got used to the features of Mountain Lion.
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Robert.