HPOS 3.5 - Tuning Windows to Improve Stability

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Technical Note

Tuning Windows Parameters to Improve

Stability in HP Output Server 3.5

This technical note describes how to improve the job submission rate and stability of HP Output Server 3.5 when

installed on Windows operating systems.

NOTE: HP recommends tuning a few Windows-specific parameters as described in the sections

below before deploying HP Output Server 3.5 in your production environment. This

tuning helps achieve greater stability and reliability for HP Output Server 3.5.

Problem

When HP Output Server 3.5 is installed on a machine running the Windows operating system, different kinds of

errors may occur when jobs are submitted to a large number of destinations from multiple clients. These errors affect

the job submission rate and also lower the stability of the server. The overall performance of HP Output Server 3.5

suffers.

The errors might differ across scenarios. Examples of various scenarios and errors are described below:

Table 1-1. Scenarios and Errors that may Occur on the Windows Operating System when HP Output Server

3.5 is Installed

Scenario Configuration Operating

system

Servers Clients Destination Results Errors

1 Hardware:

HP DL560

model

5GB RAM

Four-2.2 GHz

Xeon

processors

Windows

2003

Enterprise

Edition

10 DLM

16 JQM

150 DSM

(remote)

4500 ps and

4500 pcl

272 jobs

per

minute,

494247

jobs

delivered,

776 job

failures

“[error

000b41d6]

Exception

caught while

waiting for

transformer

to finish

(Agent

exited with

error status

2304)”

Summary of content (4 pages)

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Technical Note Tuning Windows Parameters to Improve Stability in HP Output Server 3.5 This technical note describes how to improve the job submission rate and stability of HP Output Server 3.5 when installed on Windows operating systems. NOTE: HP recommends tuning a few Windows-specific parameters as described in the sections below before deploying HP Output Server 3.5 in your production environment. This tuning helps achieve greater stability and reliability for HP Output Server 3.5.
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Tuning Windows Parameters to Improve Stability in HP Output Server 3.5 Problem Table 1-1. Scenarios and Errors that may Occur on the Windows Operating System when HP Output Server 3.5 is Installed Scenario Configuration Operating system Servers Clients Destination Results Errors 2 Hardware: HP DL560 model 5GB RAM Four-2.
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Tuning Windows Parameters to Improve Stability in HP Output Server 3.5 Solution Table 1-1. Scenarios and Errors that may Occur on the Windows Operating System when HP Output Server 3.5 is Installed Scenario Configuration Operating system Servers Clients Destination Results Errors 5 Hardware: HP DL560 model 5GB RAM Four-2.
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Tuning Windows Parameters to Improve Stability in HP Output Server 3.5 Deciding the optimal number of WorkerThreads Once the WorkerThreads are set, the system is tuned and the desired results are achieved. For example, for the given setup, the following result is achieved: Table 1-2. Scenario on Windows Operating System after WorkerThreads are introduced Scenario Configuration Operating System Servers Clients Destination Results Errors 6 Hardware: HP DL560 model 5GB RAM Four-2.