30 in and 24 in Apple Diplays attached to Mac Mini Server

Apple dual link DVI adaptor converts mini-DP to dual link DVI for Apple 30 in LCD, maximum resolution 2560 x 1600.
Atlona AT-DP200 adaptor converts DVI to mini-DP output. The Mac mini server comes with mini-DVI to DVI adaptor. The Apple 24 in LED will play HD iTunes movies that have the HDCP protection with maximum resolution 1920 x 1200.

I tried to follow this but I got kind of lost.
Either way, how's the performance?

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