2019.2

Select how Connect jobs are to be processed. The choices are between:
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Engines (separate processes):Select to have a number of separate engines (for
Merging and Weaver, as appropriate) to process jobs.
Note
This is the best choice for production environments.
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Connect Server (uses less memory):Select to have a single Connect Designer
handle processing.
Note
This option should only really ever be used for low memory, non-production
(testing) environments.
Number of engines
This group is only available if Engines were selected as the processing architecture .
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Merge Engines selection: Select the desired amount of Merge Engines.
A Merge engine merges the template and the data to create Email output, or to create an
intermediary file for Printed output. The intermediary file is in turn used by a Weaver
engine to prepare the Print output.
Generally, launching a relatively high number of Merge engines results in better
performance, as Merge engines are involved in the creation of output of all kinds (Print,
Email and Web) and because content creation is relatively time-consuming.
Note
The Connect installer automatically sets the number of Merge Engines based upon
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