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setting up a virtual print server is no different really from a physical print server.<br />
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the most obvious thing is to put the spool files on a different volume from the OS.
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setting up a virtual print server is no different really from a physical print server.

the most obvious thing is to put the spool files on a different volume from the OS.

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Thank you, that helps, but what I'm specifically looking for is minimum/recommended system requirements for setting up a print server on it's own virtual server. Is there anything like that?<br />
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Also, I know you said this should be obvious, but why is it necessary to put the spool files on a different volume?
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Thank you, that helps, but what I'm specifically looking for is minimum/recommended system requirements for setting up a print server on it's own virtual server. Is there anything like that?

Also, I know you said this should be obvious, but why is it necessary to put the spool files on a different volume?

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I have 25-30 printers, and printing is almost exclusively limited to word docs, PDFs, etc. nothing big.
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I have 25-30 printers, and printing is almost exclusively limited to word docs, PDFs, etc. nothing big.

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20gb for the OS, 10gb for spool files, 1 processor, 2gb of ram to start with (you can add more later if required)
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20gb for the OS, 10gb for spool files, 1 processor, 2gb of ram to start with (you can add more later if required)

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I'm wanting to setup the print server role on a new virtual server, and I'm wondering if anyone knows of the best practices or recommended settings when configuring the new virtual server to be used as a print server. Like how much RAM, disk space, etc. is recommended.
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I'm wanting to setup the print server role on a new virtual server, and I'm wondering if anyone knows of the best practices or recommended settings when configuring the new virtual server to be used as a print server. Like how much RAM, disk space, etc. is recommended.

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