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Note: Theseentriesaren'tappliedinstantaneously.Thereisoftenalag.Thatiswhy
youcanreserveaspecificnumberofenginesfornewjobs,intheoptionsbelow.
Thosereservationsoperateinrealtime.
Thedefaultof100recordswaschosenpurelybecauseitisaneasilymultipliednumber,
notbecauseithasbeenproventohaveanysignificantvalue.Itmeansthatonanaverage
system(i.e.,lessthan10Mergeengines)anydecentlysizedtaskisallowedtouseall
Mergeengines.ItalsoassumesthatusingmorethanoneMergeengineforlessthan100
recordswillprobablynotmakeabigenoughdifferencetothroughputspeed.Obviously,
therearesituationswheretheseassumptionswillnotapply.
Note: Currently,it’sonlytheprintandPDFcontentcreationtasksthatusemultiple
Mergeengines.
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Reserve engines for on demand tasksgroupcheckbox:
Reassigningenginesisnotinstantaneouswhenanewtaskarrives.Toavoidinefficiencies,
Mergeengineswillfirstfinishworkontheircurrentselectionofrecords,beforebeingreassigned.
Reservingenginesbetterensuresthatondemandtasksgetpickeduprightaway,butitalso
meansthatlessengineswillbeavailableforlargetasks.
ThetotalamountofMergeEnginesavailableforselectionheremustbesetintheEnginespref-
erencespage.
Selectfromthefollowingoptions:
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Email (engines):SettheamountofMergeenginestoreserveforEmailjobs.
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Web (engines):SettheamountofMergeenginestoreserveforWebbasedjobs.
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Print and PDF (engines):SettheamountofMergeenginestoreserveforPrintoutput
jobs.
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Merge engines available for any task:AreadonlyvaluethatshowshowmanyMerge
enginesremainavailableforselection.
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On demand task size limit (records):Anon demand taskisataskthathassomeone(or
something)waitingforittofinish,sothesetypicallyneedtofinish“assoonaspossible”.
Oftenthesearesingledocumentsbutnotnecessarilyalways.
ThisoptionallowsyoutodesignatewhataContentCreationon demand taskis,based
uponthenumberofrecords.
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