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reservedforHTMLoutputcanhelpperformance.

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Byreservinganumber of parallel enginesforPrintjobsofacertainsize(see"Numberofpar-

allelenginesperPrintjob"onthepreviouspage).Moreparallelengineswillmakethemrun

faster,buttheywillhavetowait(longer)iftherequirednumberofenginesisn'tavailablewhen

theycomein.

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Byspecifying target speeds for simultaneous Print jobsofacertainsize.

AlloftheseengineconfigurationsettingsarefoundintheParallelProcessingPreferences:

1. OpentheConnect Server Configurationutilitytool(see"ServerConfigurationSettings"on

page82).

2. UnderParallel Processing,checkouttheinformationcontainedinbothContent Creationand

Output Creationtabs.

How the Server decides if a job can be handled

Insummary,thisishowjobsarehandledwhentheycanruninparallel.

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Wheneverajobcomesin,thenumberofenginestouseisdetermined.(ForPrintjobs,thisis

basedonwhethertheoperationissmall,mediumorlarge;see"Jobsize"onpage91.)

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IfthereareenoughreservedMergeenginesforthattypeofjobavailablethenthoseengineswill

beused.

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IftherearenotenoughreservedMergeenginesavailable,thenanyunreservedMergeengine

thatisavailablewillbeused.

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Ifno,ornotenough,Mergeenginesareavailablethenthejobwillhavetowaituntiltherequired

numberofappropriateMergeenginesbecomesavailable.

Thefollowinglimitationsapplyatalltimes:

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ThemaximumnumberofconcurrentMergeenginesworkingonjobsofthesamekindorsize

maynotbeexceeded.

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Ifno-ornotenough-speedunitsareavailableforthattypeofoutput,thejobmustwait.

Examples

Hereareafewexamplesofusecasesandsettingsthatwouldbeappropriateinsuchcases.

Batch processing.Inabatchprocessingsituation,jobsdon'thavetobehandledsimultaneously.All

jobs-whethertheyarebigandsmall-areprocessedoneafteranother.Everyjobshouldbehandled

asquicklyaspossible.Itisthereforrecommendedtoassignthemaximumnumberofenginesandtar-

getspeedstoalljobs.Donotreserveenginesforcertainjobs.

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