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ADataMapper engineextractsdatafromadatafile.AMerge enginemergesthetemplateandthe

datatocreateEmailandWeboutput,ortocreateanintermediaryfileforPrintedoutput.Theinter-

mediaryfileisinturnusedbyaWeaver enginetopreparethePrintoutput.

Configuringtheseenginestomatchboththehardwareconfigurationandthetypicalusagesituationis

probablythemosteffectivewaytoimproveConnect'sperformance.

Thenumberofenginesisoneofthe"ParallelProcessingPreferences"thatlettheConnectServerman-

ageitsworkloadinsuchawaythatthehighestpossibleoutputspeedisachieved.

Foranexplanationandguidelinestothesesettings,see"Engineconfiguration"onpage87and"Par-

allelProcessingpreferences"onpage95.

Note: ConnectServerandConnectDesignereachhavetheirowndistinctschedulingpref-

erences.

UsetheConnect Server ConfigurationtooltochangetheConnectServersettingsand

Designer > Windows >PreferencesforchangingDesignersettings.

Templateoptimization

WhenyoufindthatthespeedperMergeengine-theContentCreationspeed-islow,optimizingatem-

platecanmakeahugedifference.Foradviceonhowtooptimizeatemplatesee:"Optimizingatem-

plate"onpage1351.

Networkandinternetconnections

Use a fast network and internet connectionoravoidloadingexternalorinternetresources.Using

images,JavaScriptorCSSresourceslocatedonaslownetworkoronaslowinternetconnectionwill

obviouslyleadtoalossofspeed.Whilewedoourbestforcaching,adocumentwith5,000records

whichqueriesapagethattakes1secondtoreturnadifferentimageeachtimewill,naturally,slowout-

putgenerationdownbyupto83minutes.

Hardwareconfiguration

Whenprocessingspeedisimportant,thefollowingissuggestedbeforelookingintoPerformancePacks

toenhanceperformance(andafteraddressingtheotherissuesmentionedinthistopic).

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Antivirus exclusions.Sometimes,virusscanners,othersecuritysoftwareorindexingservices

caninterfere.ItcanhelptodisablethosekindsoftoolsfortheareaswhereConnectstoresinter-

mediatefiles.YoucouldexcludetheentireC:\Users\<connectuser>\Connectfolder.See

also:"AntivirusExclusions"onpage14.

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