Xerox 7300DN User Guide - Page 13

Reporting Option Enabled Assumptions Each managed printer requires a static amount of reporting and status information. Allow for an additional 412Kb per managed printer to support reporting data. This covers a rolling two-year span of data. Please note that this space is allocated for each printer when it is discovered. Given these requirements, managing 100 printers would require an additional 41.2Mb of disk space over and above the 9Mb required for PrinterMap programs and log files. Below is a table showing the additional disk space required for managing 10, 100 and 1000 printers if the reporting option is enabled. Number of Printers to Manage 10 Printers 100 Printers 1000 Printers Additional Disk Space 4.12Mb 41.2Mb 412Mb Table 2 Additional Disk Space Required with Reporting Enabled Projecting Discover Time The following is an example of Discover process time. The System Administrator chooses to discover network printers through a local range of IP addresses. This range contains 35 entries, of which 6 are printers. Discover takes approximately 3.0 seconds per entry or 105.0 seconds total. Projecting Network Traffic In this scenario, the Discover time is affected by total number of entries in the range of IP addresses and the number of devices being determined as printers. A greater number of IP address entries increase the discover time even for the same amount of printers. The following is a collection of data illustrating the amount of network activity you can expect when using PrinterMap. To demonstrate expectations of traffic, an example has been used of a standard network of 100 printers. Average SNMP request packet size: 200 bytes Average SNMP response packet size: 200 bytes Example Class C Network (254 addressable nodes) 254 Network devices 100 Network printers which support Host Resources MIB (SNMP) PrinterMap User Guide xiii