PSF (/var/psf/segments)

As described in Print jobs and print files, PSF Input Manager segments AFP files so printing can start before a job completes ripping. The smaller the segments, the faster PSF starts printing the job. However, if the pieces get too small, there will be too many files and too much disk thrashing. If PSF has to open a new file for each page that can slow things down significantly.

The default setting of 5000KB for each segment can be raised to reduce the disk I/O associated with reading and writing data to the /var/psf/segments file system; however, the default setting usually works well with most AFP production applications.

The InfoPrint Manager SMIT Customize the Input Manager panel (InfoPrint Manager → Miscellaneous → Customize the Input Manager) lets you change the default segment size. The segment size parameter determines the maximum size of any temporary file created by the Input Manager component of InfoPrint Manager that is stored in /var/psf/segments. This parameter should only be adjusted when there is a problem with throughput.

Note: The segment-file-size document attribute can be used to change the segment size for a specific print job.

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