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v Available hard disk space v Hard disk speed v Number of hard disk drives v Balance of InfoPrint Manager filesystems across available disk drives v Tuning specifications for hard disk drivers v Paging space allocations (drive locations and size) v Number of data paths (single or dual) The output devices that InfoPrint Manager drives are also important: v Speed and resolution of printers or other output devices v Number of concurrent processes for each actual destination v Number of output devices per actual destination Finally, how you submit print jobs to each InfoPrint Manager server is important: v Number of client systems submitting jobs v Frequency of job submission from client systems v Speed of network data transfer v Size (density) of jobs to be printed v Complexity of jobs to be printed v Number and types of input data streams v Overall network traffic Sizing your InfoPrint Manager environment is a complex task. It might be impossible to determine in advance precisely how many AIX systems and Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 2008 systems will adequately serve your printing needs. Note: You can run multiple InfoPrint Manager servers on one AIX system, but you can run only one InfoPrint Manager server on a Windows system. Your InfoPrint Solutions Company sales representative can help you determine if you have enough physical printing devices to address the printing needs of your enterprise. Essentially, this is a question of how many pages of output must be produced in how much time. Your estimate of printed output, combined with the rated speeds of your print devices, should give you the information you require to guide printer purchases. Determining how many servers you need to drive your printing devices, however, requires experimentation and patience. Consult with your InfoPrint Solutions Company sales representative to agree on a reasonable number to start with. Finally, it is important to monitor the performance of your printing environment regularly to see how the system reacts to actual usage and the changing needs of your business. InfoPrint Manager provides useful tools to make such monitoring easy. You can use standard accounting and audit logs to collect statistical data on jobs processed by any printing device in your environment. You can even customize these logging activities to suit the needs of your business. These logs provide invaluable information on workload balancing. You can also use these logs to determine billing procedures or simply to determine how resources are being used at your installation. 6 InfoPrint Manager for AIX: Introduction and Planning Guide

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v
Available hard disk space
v
Hard disk speed
v
Number of hard disk drives
v
Balance of InfoPrint Manager filesystems across available disk drives
v
Tuning specifications for hard disk drivers
v
Paging space allocations (drive locations and size)
v
Number of data paths (single or dual)
The output devices that InfoPrint Manager drives are also important:
v
Speed and resolution of printers or other output devices
v
Number of concurrent processes for each actual destination
v
Number of output devices per actual destination
Finally, how you submit print jobs to each InfoPrint Manager server is important:
v
Number of client systems submitting jobs
v
Frequency of job submission from client systems
v
Speed of network data transfer
v
Size (density) of jobs to be printed
v
Complexity of jobs to be printed
v
Number and types of input data streams
v
Overall network traffic
Sizing your InfoPrint Manager environment is a complex task. It might be
impossible to determine in advance precisely how many AIX systems and
Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 2008
systems will adequately serve your printing needs.
Note:
You can run multiple InfoPrint Manager servers on one AIX system, but you
can run only one InfoPrint Manager server on a Windows system.
Your InfoPrint Solutions Company sales representative can help you determine if
you have enough physical printing devices to address the printing needs of your
enterprise. Essentially, this is a question of how many pages of output must be
produced in how much time. Your estimate of printed output, combined with the
rated speeds of your print devices, should give you the information you require to
guide printer purchases.
Determining how many servers you need to drive your printing devices, however,
requires experimentation and patience. Consult with your InfoPrint Solutions
Company sales representative to agree on a reasonable number to start with.
Finally, it is important to monitor the performance of your printing environment
regularly to see how the system reacts to actual usage and the changing needs of
your business. InfoPrint Manager provides useful tools to make such monitoring
easy. You can use standard accounting and audit logs to collect statistical data on
jobs processed by any printing device in your environment. You can even
customize these logging activities to suit the needs of your business. These logs
provide invaluable information on workload balancing. You can also use these logs
to determine billing procedures or simply to determine how resources are being
used at your installation.
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InfoPrint Manager for AIX: Introduction and Planning Guide