Massive Print Queues and Windows 2000 Adv. Srv.

[surroundu]

Hello,

Our organization is currently migrating from a mixed NetWare/Windows network, to a full blown Windows 2000/AD network. I've been assigned the job of mapping out and researching resource requirements for migrating/recreating the print queues within Windows (from NetWare). We have about 130 print queues (I know, we're a state office) and I would like to know if anyone knows the resources a server must have (formula for figuring?) in order to accomodate this load? Is it better to have a lone print server doing the grunt work for all of the queues, or shall I look into load balancing between 2 servers? NetWare could handle the print loads easily, but I'm not certain of the overhead the Windows server must have. Also, if I use a server(s) as a print server, it appears it will be memory and Disk intensive. What other AD services/roles could I add to the server, if any, that would compliment/not interfere with printing? Please Help!

 

[surroundu]

Hello, well since I received no response, I decided to do some additional digging and came up with an interesting article on Microsoft's website titled "Print Server Scalability and Sizing Technical Overview" For now, you can find it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...odtechnol/windowsserver2003/plan/PSSSTchO.asp

It didn't give me a "hard formula" for determining resources required of a print server for a given group of users, but it did add some additional factors that are helping me better understand how to calculate the server power required for any given client/job combination.