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May 14, 2008 at 06:56 AM

Where should the print server be?

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Hello all!

Right now we have a cluster with two nodes for SAP (Node1: SAP & SAP PRD / Node2: Database) and all printers are installed on a different standard file server. Last week we realized that the file server is not the right place for SAP printer. If someone restarts the file server he unwillingly stops all SAP printing jobs. So we have two options now:

a) reconfigure the file server as a cluster with two nodes to get high-availability

b) put the printers on one of the SAP cluster nodes

Our system partner said we shouldn´t install the printers on the SAP system, it could slow it down too much. But I don´t think they thought about the two nodes. Would there be enough performance on one of the nodes. Maybe the printers could run on the database node or on the apllication node. How do you use printers and their queues? Or is

c) a dedicated print-server (as a two-node cluster)

a better idea? Thanks for any ideas 😊