Pat [MSFT]
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Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:12 pm Post subject:
Re: WSS 2003 Print Services Robust? |
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Generally speaking, a print queue is just a special purpose file share.
Basically, when a printer posts a file to the share, the assigned spooler
gets a notification and does what it needs to do (exactly what that is
depends on the client and the printer). So, from a purely print queue point
of view, you are talking about copying 1 file every 12 seconds (5
files/min). Which is actually a relatively light load.
Where things get a little interesting is how much work the server has to do
before passing the print job on to the printer. If the operation only
requires the server to 'pass through' the data to the printer, then you will
likely see little to no CPU load. If the printer needs the print job more
or less rendered before sending (e.g. a HP Deskjet), then you will see quite
a bit of CPU (depending on the client). Even in that case, 12 seconds is a
long time. So long as render time is less than the job posting rate, the
server will be able to keep up.
In this specific case, I doubt that you would see a problem as the print
jobs will most likely just be passed through to the printer. I used to run
a datacenter (pre-MS days) that had a a room of plotters for the
engineering/geology teams (NT, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, MAC clients), which were
pass-through devices. We set the plotters up as a pooled resource and ran
them all day off a P-133 running NT4.
Pat
"BadMin" <hajinstudio@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3B77F08E-1DFC-4E6D-8B08-0ADFE2CE8CB5@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | I have a HP StorageWorks NAS with an external storage cabinet (1/2TB) 1
Xeon Processor 3.06GHz 1GB SDRAM
Site A has 360 users which will use the server for heavy file access. My
concern is print services and how robust the print service will be on WSS |
2003.
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We will have 30 various printers setup on the server with a MAC user group
who will send over some heavy print jobs. Print jobs would run frequently at |
least 5 print requests per minute, most normal office printing.
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Does anyone have any feedback on printing stability on WSS 2003. It seems
like a silly request as our current Novell 3.1 server 333MHz box handles |
this service well.
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