[windows2000] Re: Dedicated print server - enough performance?
- From: "Greg Reese" <GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:47:52 -0500
through our print server. But my print server is also my DC and main =
file server. It is Dual Xeon 400's with 1gb of ram. Dual nics running =
as an FEC team.
we have about 70 printers being served off of it and have never had any =
problems. The only adjustment I made was to relocate the spool =
directory from the system drive to the raid array. Most of them are set =
to spool the entire job before sending. This means larger spool files =
but keeps my WAN users from getting one page every 30 seconds
serving up printers doesn't take a lot of machine. Disk for the spool =
files is the biggest thing. At least that has been the case around =
here.
If all you are going to do is serve printers off an old machine, I think =
you will be fine.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 2:11 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Dedicated print server - enough performance?
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 18:17:08 -0500, Greg Reese wrote:
>the Canon ir5000 is pretty well behaved. I have three on my network and =
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>we print to them all day. Their impact on our print server has been =
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>minimal.
Do your ppl connect straight to it, or via a printer server? If the
latter, what cpu/ram/nic is in it?
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris Berry [mailto:compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 5:27 PM
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Dedicated print server - enough performance?
>
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>>From: "Sorin Srbu" <Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>I plan to add the following:
>>
>>HP Laserjet 5M
>>HP Laserjet 4050N
>>HP Laserjet 4100N
>>HP Laserjet 4300DTN
>>HP Color Laserjet 4550N
>>
>>and a Canon iR5000 printer copy-machine.
>>
>>I *think* the printing to the colour-laser might be a bit difficult
>>for the printer server, however the printer does have a lot of RAM
>>so maybe it'll be ok anyway.
>
>Hmm, yeah, I'd be a bit worried about the Cannon & Color laserjet if =
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>going to be in use alot they'll suck up alot of bandwidth/ram/cycles. =
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>might consider putting those two on another old junk box, or setting =
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>priorities so that the regular printers get taken care of first.
BW,
Sorin
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