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ThesesettingsonlycontrolthemaximumsizeoftheJava heapmemorythatanenginecanuse;the
totalamountofmemorythatwillusedbyanengineisactuallyabithigher.
AlsokeepinmindthattheConnectServerandtheoperatingsystemitselfwillneedmemorytokeep
running.
Allocatingprocessingpowertojobs
WhichengineconfigurationismostefficientinyourcasedependsonhowConnectisused.Whatkind
ofoutputisneeded:Print,Email,and/orWeb?Howoften?Howbigarethosejobs?Dotheyhavetobe
handledatthesametimeorinsequence?Woulditbeusefultogiveprioritytosmall,mediumorlarge
jobs,and/ortojobsofacertainkind?
Dependingontheanswerstothesequestions,youcanallocateprocessingpowertojobsinorderto
runthemasfastaspossible,and/orintheorderofyourpreference.
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con-
sidered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out-
puts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82).
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).
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