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The first step in this process is to define the size of small, medium and large jobs.
Job size
Connect lets you define job sizes by setting the maximum number of pages a job can have and
still be considered a small job, and what the minimum number of pages a job can have in order
to be considered large. Jobs that fall between the small and large jobs are medium jobs.
Defining small, medium and large jobs is important, as you can assign additional resources to
jobs that are considered either medium or large, via the settings for Merge and Weaver
engines.
There is no recommendation regarding what number of pages constitute a small, medium or
large job. Job size is a relative concept: in a small service company a job may be considered
large when it outputs 1,000 pages, whereas that same job in a large insurance company might
be seen as small. This setting needs to be based on an assessment of the actual (or expected)
workload of Connect.
To set the job sizes:
1.
Open the Connect Server Configuration utility tool (see "Server Configuration Settings"
on page121).
2.
Under Parallel Processing, go to the Output Creation tab and enter the maximum
number of pages in a small job.
3. Enter the minimum number of pages in a large job.
4.
Click Apply or Apply and Close.
Medium jobs will be those that fall between the maximum pages of a small job, and the
minimum pages of a large job.
The number of engines used for small, medium and large jobs is configurable (see below).
Running a job as fast as possible
Number of parallel engines per Print job
Two or more engines of a kind can be combined to work on the same Print job. Generally jobs
will run faster with more than one engine, because sharing the workload saves time.
However, running one job with multiple engines reduces the number of jobs that can be
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