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4.4 Peak analysis
Two analyses were run to verify the capacity of HP ePrint Enterprise to handle usage peaks (i.e. an increase
of load during a short period of time): one with a constant base load to a single printer, and a second one
starting with no load to several printers.
4.4.1 With base load
This scenario was analyzed based on the assumption that a typical system usage may have a given load
considered as “base”, on top of which a peak load is imposed.
The following graphic shows HP ePrint Enterprise behavior under a regular base load of 4 APJ’s per minute
during 5 minutes. Then a load of another 4 APJ’s per minute is added to that, during a period of 3 minutes.
After that, the load is back to “normal” (4 APJ’s per minute). The associated table shows this progression:
The blue curve represents the number of jobs being created in the print spooler as traffic is generated, as per
the above table. Notice the increase in this number after 5 minutes, and how the message queuing
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