2018.2

Speed quota: PPM and speed units
The highest possible output speed depends first and foremost upon your licence.
With no Performance Pack, in PlanetPress Connect, one engine can generate output at 500
PPM (Pages and emails and web pages - Per Minute). Additional Performance Packs increase
this quota.
The number of engines that are allowed to operate in parallel to create the same type of output
are referred to as speed units.
PlanetPress Connect provides 6 speed units. Additional Performance Packs will increase this
number.
So, with no Performance Pack, up to 6 engines can create the same type of output in parallel,
which means the total maximum output speed is 3,000 PPM per output type (Print, Email, and
Web).
One engine needs at least one free speed unit to be able to create output.
It is important to note that only output operations are limited by this quota.
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Weaver engines always require a speed unit to run.
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Merge engines only require a speed unit when creating Email or Web output. Merge
engines involved in a Print process don't need a speed unit in order to run.
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DataMapper engines don't need speed units.
In situations where Print and Email and/or Web output are created at the same time, only the
Merge engines that create Email/Web output count towards the maximum number of speed
units for that type of output.
Spare speed units are distributed proportionally
Since the number of engines is configurable, and jobs may run concurrently, the number of
engines in use may not match the exact number of available speed units.
When there are more speed units than there are engines in use, the Connect server distributes
the speed units and the maximum 'pages' per minute to all running jobs in proportion to the
number of engines they are using.
Note
Output speed is the speed at which the output is created by the engine in question. Data
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