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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About this Guide
- Getting started with QuarkXPress Server
- The QuarkXPress Server user interface
- Server Configuration dialog box
- Server preferences
- Preferences — Application — Display
- Preferences — Application — Input Settings
- Preferences — Application — Font Fallback
- Preferences — Application — Open and Save
- Preferences — Application — XTensions Manager
- Preferences — Application — Fonts
- Preferences — Application — EPS
- Preferences — Application — Error Reporting
- Preferences — Application — Full Res Preview
- Preferences — Application — Job Jackets
- Preferences — Application — Modifier
- Preferences — Application — PDF
- Preferences — Application — PSD Import
- Preferences — Application — Placeholders
- Preferences — Application — Fraction/Price
- Preferences — Application — Picture Effects
- Preferences — Project — General
- Preferences — Project — XML Import
- Preferences — Layout — General
- Preferences — Layout — Measurements
- Preferences — Layout — Paragraph
- Preferences — Layout — Character
- Preferences — Layout — Trapping
- Preferences — Layout — Grid Cell Fill
- Preferences — Layout — Color Manager
- Preferences — Layout — Layers
- Style sheets
- Colors
- H&Js
- Output styles
- Font mapping
- Source setups
- Output setups
- PPML consumers
- Server XTensions Manager
- Status Monitor
- Other QuarkXPress Server menu items
- Creating URL requests
- Modifying layouts with XML
- QuarkXPress Server XTensions software
- Telegraph XTensions software
- QuarkXPress Server Monitor
- QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Understanding QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Working with QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Starting QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Request handler binding
- Configuring QuarkXPress Server instances
- Managing the cache
- Managing logs
- Controlling load balancing
- Using a proxy server
- Generating automatic e-mail messages
- Using other global settings
- Saving a server configuration
- Exporting a server configuration
- Using custom error messages
- Sending requests from a browser
- QuarkXPress Server Manager Scripting Environment
- Glossary
- Legal notices
- Index
QuarkXPress Server Manager
QuarkXPress Server Manager is a server application that efficiently routes rendering requests
in an environment that uses one or more QuarkXPress Server applications.
QuarkXPress Server Manager uses load-balancing methods to determine which server in
the QuarkXPress Server pool can best process a document request, and uses caching to
improve speed and efficiency. QuarkXPress Server Manager also provides failsafe capability
by reliably resubmitting failed requests, either to the same QuarkXPress Server instance
or to a different one (depending on the error message returned by the server instance).
QuarkXPress Server does not require QuarkXPress Server Manager, but a QuarkXPress Server
Manager server can coordinate multiple QuarkXPress Server applications so that they work
together with maximum speed, reliability, and availability.
QuarkXPress Server Manager also provides a Web services interface that allows developers
to use QuarkXPress Server features without having to use the HTTP interface.
To configure a QuarkXPress Server Manager server application, you must use the
QuarkXPress Server Manager client application. The topics below explain how the
QuarkXPress Server Manager client application works and provide examples for using it.
Understanding QuarkXPress Server Manager
Before you begin, take time to review the topics below so that you understand how this
chapter is structured and how you can get the most out of it.
Load balancing
Load balancing ensures that each rendering request is sent to a server that is likely to be
able to handle it quickly. QuarkXPress Server Manager lets you use choose from three
load-balancing settings:
• Random: Each rendering request is sent to a random server.
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