Appropriate Windows version for Mysql I have a HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server and I would like to install mysql on it . 

My questions are:


Which MySQL version should I install from this link for better performance, 32 bit or 64 bit?
Which version of Windows should I install on server for better performance: 2003, 2008, XP, or 7?
64 bit always. You do understand 32 vs 64 bit generally?
Windows Server 2008 R2 of course. Windows 7 is desktop, Windows 2003 is obsolete


Have you considered Linux though?