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handled at the same time by that kind of engine, because there are only so many engines (and
speed units) available.
Note
When each individual record in a job is composed of a very large number of pages, the
Memory per engine setting and the machine's hard drive speed are probably more
important than the number of Merge engines, since one record cannot be split over
multiple cores (see "Memory per engine" on page98).
Target speed per Print job
If a Print job of a specific size has more than one parallel speed unit assigned to it, that
multiplies its speed, however it reduces the number of Print jobs that can be run
simultaneously.
When no other Print output operations run at the same time, a single job will use all available
speed, or the maximum target speed reserved for jobs of that size (see "Dividing processing
power over jobs" below).
To set a number of speed units per Print job:
1. Open the Connect Server Configuration utility tool (see "Server Configuration Settings"
on page89).
2. Under Parallel Processing, go to the Output Creation tab.
3. Set the Target speed when running simultaneous jobs for small, medium and large
Print jobs.
4. Click OK or Apply.
Dividing processing power over jobs
There is a number of ways in which you can divide processing power over output operations of
a certain kind and/or size.
l By reserving engines for jobs of a certain kind (and size, in the case of a Print job). Note
that reserved engines cannot be used by any other type of job. This means there will be
fewer engines to handle other jobs. Consequently, the other jobs may take more time and
may have to wait (or wait longer). However, if the server receives many web requests then
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