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Citrix Hardware Recommendation

I'm getting ready to order hardware for a new/replacement Citrix server.  It's going to be running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with Citrix Presentation Server 4.5.  It will be a stand alone Citrix server, not part of a farm, and will host a maximum of 15 concurrent sessions.  It will be running:
- Office XP or 2003
- WordPerfect 11
- Hyperion Enterprise 6.22 Client
- ADP 5 Client
- InSource CS 11.1 Client
- TimeKron Client
- Adobe Reader
- McAfee AntiVirus

I'm considering the following hardware:
- HP Proliant DL360 or ML530
- Dual 3GHz Xeon with 2MB L2 Cache
- 4GB RAM

Should I go with the DL360 or the ML530?  Also, do the hardware specifications seem appropriate or should I be heading in a different direction?
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The DL360 and DL380 both currently ship with Dual Core Intel Xeon 5110 (1.60GHz, 1066MHz FSB) Processors.  Given that on a regular basis we probably only have a maximum of 5 users simultaneously connected what are your thoughts on one dual core processor versus two dual core processors?  Also, what are your thoughts on 2GB of RAM versus 4GB of RAM?
that's hard to answer without knowing your users but a single processor would probably be sufficient.  and of course you could always upgrade later if necessary.

I would stay with 4 GB RAM as that usually is the biggest bottleneck in a citrix server (in my experience).  This will depend on how many apps each user has open at any one time, and how much ram each of those apps typically uses.  
Thanks!
no problem!  Good luck with the upgrade.