You can configure the general settings for the Distributor object.
Use Policy
Click if you want to use the values set in the Tiered Electronic Distribution policy. This check box will display if a Tiered Electronic Distribution policy has been created and associated with the container of the Distributor. If you enable this option, the rest of the fields are disabled and the effective policy settings are used instead.
Input Rate
The rate Distributions are sent. The default is the maximum that the connection can handle. This rate is used to control a Distributor's use of narrow bandwidth links.
Output Rates Based Upon Distribution's Priority
The three priority options (High, Medium, or Low) determine when the Distribution will be sent in relation to other Distributions' priorities.
Maximum Concurrent Distributions
Specifies the maximum number of distribution threads that can be running concurrently. The default value is unlimited (blank field).
This number can help in load-balancing a Distributor's sending activity and can help spread network traffic over an entire scheduling window.
Connection Timeout
Specifies the allotment of time before the Distributor times out when connecting to another node. The default value is 300 seconds (five minutes), after which it will end the connection and not retry until the send schedule starts again. The available range in seconds is 1 to 60,000.
This setting can be increased or decreased to allow messages to pass back and forth between agents during the distribution process. If one node is expecting to receive a message from another, there should be a reasonable time to wait before assuming that the sender is no longer available. This interval must be increased on slow or busy links where longer delays are frequent.
Working Directory
Enter a directory to be used by the Distribution. For example:
DOC:\DWORK
The working directory defaults to SYS:\ZENWORKS\PDS\TED\DIST on NetWare® servers. It contains archives, persistent status, and temporary working files. The contents of the directory can become very large. Therefore, we recommend that you change the default to a directory location with adequate free space.
The Distributor's working directory is also used whenever a Distribution is created. A subdirectory is created under the working directory using the DN of the Distribution object.
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