Hardware Pane
This pane displays the Apogee System icon and one or more Hardware System icons.
•The Apogee System stands for the entire software system running on one or more Hardware Systems. When you click the Apogee System icon, you will see all of the Task Processors available for the entire Apogee System. In the Resources pane, you will see icons for Apogee System Configuration, Job Housekeeping, Logging, Templates, Accounts, etc.
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•Next to the System icon, Apogee displays the Hardware System(s) running the Apogee software. There is always at least one Hardware System icon which corresponds to the main Windows 2003/2008 server on which the Apogee System was installed. If, during installation, the Apogee System processes were distributed over additional “satellite” hardware systems, you will see the corresponding Hardware System icons (see “Hardware System Scalability”).
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Hardware System Scalability
To provide faster and more efficient use of tasks and resources, your Apogee System processes may be distributed over 2 or more physical hardware systems. In this case, you will see additional “satellite” Hardware System icons in the Hardware pane, each one corresponding to a physical system. One of the Hardware Systems is highlighted in bold: This is the main Hardware System, which is running the “core” Apogee System software.
If you select one of these icons, you will see the Task Processors that are available on the selected Hardware System. All the other Task Processors will appear faded out. By selecting each of the Hardware Systems in turn, you can see which Task Processors are installed on which systems.
Similarly, if you select a Task Processor, you will see to which Hardware System it belongs: The other Hardware Systems will appear faded out.
You may also see that some Task Processors (such as Normalize and Render) are duplicated on two or more Hardware Systems. This can reduce the processing burden on a single Hardware System, and greatly increase the speed with which jobs are handled by the Apogee System.
For information on setting up Satellite servers, refer to the Apogee Installation Guide.
Activity Monitoring
Your Apogee System can run certain maintenance tasks, such as Job Housekeeping, in the background. These tasks may slow down the processing of jobs. This kind of activity is indicated with a green border around the main or satellite icons in the hardware pane and implies that processing speed may be affected.
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Double-click a hardware icon to open the Activity Monitor dialog and display a list of current tasks and components.doc. version 13.1.1