I have a number of connections who decomission old servers as their job. Getting the ram will be easy but the matched CPU's might take a few weeks more.

But, ugh... keep it as a single boot. Too many Intel Mac users get into trouble with Boot Camp, run Windows and then get a Windows Virus that infects and destroys both the Windows and Mac OSX Partitions and end up scratching their heads says, "But Macs done get viruses!" "That's correct, you got a windows virus from running Windows on a Mac! Duh!!!"

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The fun thing about my network is that I have a tape library hanging off it. Its capacity is 20tb and basically all you do is sync local folders with the cached volume on the server once a week so I no longer worry about file loss in cases like this. I've actually reduced my current system's local disk capacity from 2.3tb to 500gb because of it. Things like SSD's are suddenly a lot more economical for me. Also, considering the new mac pro is a goddamn trashcan I'm totally content maxing this out and using it the next five years for a daily driver.