9.2

Controlling load balancing
Load balancing ensures that each rendering request is sent to a QuarkXPress Server instance
that is most likely to be able to handle it quickly. To define a load-balancing setting for
the QuarkXPress Server Manager server, display the Manage Servers pane of the
QuarkXPress Server Manager interface and click Load Balancer Method Settings. The
Load Balancer Method Settings dialog box displays.
Load Balancer Method Settings dialog box
QuarkXPress Server Manager lets you use choose from three load-balancing settings:
• Dynamic Load Balancer: Sends requests to servers based on file size
• Random Load Balancer: Sends each rendering request to a random server
• Round-robin Load Balancer: Sends requests to servers in a set order
For more information about these load-balancing settings, see "Load balancing"
Deleting a QuarkXPress Server instance
To delete a QuarkXPress Server instance from the list of available servers in the
QuarkXPress Server Manager interface, display the Manage Servers pane, select the server
name or IP address, and then click Delete. You can also delete a server by hovering the
mouse cursor over the server and then clicking the Delete the Server button on the
upper left.
Deleting a QuarkXPress Server instance from this dialog box does not shut down the
QuarkXPress Server instance, but it does prevent the QuarkXPress Server Manager server
from routing rendering requests to the QuarkXPress Server instance.
Managing the cache
Each QuarkXPress Server Manager server has an in-memory cache (in which it stores the
keys to recently accessed items) and a disk-based cache (in which the items themselves
are stored). If a request for a recently used item arrives, and a QuarkXPress Server Manager
server has that request in its memory cache, the server can simply return the response
from its disk cache instead of having to send the request to a QuarkXPress Server instance.
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