Configure Machine settings
To view the settings for a computer, open the Machines folder under Settings in the repository. Select the desired computer name, and then go to the Properties pane.
All controls are disabled unless you explicitly override the Site Settings defaults.
To change a setting, select Override.
Tuning
The Tuning settings control the number of threads that projects use and general memory allocation. Use them to tune project performance for a particular computer configuration.
Tool threads is the number of threads available to tools during project execution. This is generally set to equal the number of CPU cores on the computer (x2 if hyperthreaded).
Memory limit (MB) defines the memory limit per project in megabytes.
Memory aggression controls how quickly memory is allocated.
Setting Sort parallelism to two enables parallel sorting operations, which can improve the performance of certain tools and macros under some conditions. Set this equal to the number of defined temp spaces, but no more than two. See Sort parallelism for details.
Tools that are embedded in projects or macros are disabled by default. Select Enable hidden Data Viewers to view these tools.
Diagnostics
These are generally specified on the Site Server, but Redpoint Global Inc. Support may direct you to enable these on a per-computer basis. See Site settings - Diagnostics.
Output files
Open Output files early is the sole option in this section.
Selecting Open Output files early causes file output tools to open their output files immediately when the project starts, rather than waiting for the first record to be written to to the file.
Select this option if you have long-running projects and don't want to wait for the first record to reach a file output tool to validate that the file is writable.
Do not check this option if you are reading and writing the same file in the same project (reading a file, modifying it, and re-writing the same file).
The Xml Output2 tool always opens its output file when the project starts.
Testing
The Testing section contains options controlling a test mode of project execution. This is primarily intended for project-level configuration and should rarely be changed at the server level.
Messages and Database
These are generally specified on the Site Server. See Configuring Site Settings.
Machine license
The Limit cores option lets you control the number of CPU cores allocated from the license for a specific Execution Server. Execution Servers normally allocate the physical CPU cores on a first-come/first-serve basis. If the servers collectively have more CPU cores than are available in your license, one or more of your Execution Servers will be starved of some or all CPU cores.
You can limit the number of CPU cores that each server gets by selecting Limit cores and specifying the maximum number of Cores to license for each server.
For example, if you are licensed for 16 CPU cores, and you have two 16-core Execution Servers, normally the first one connecting to the Site will get all of the cores and the other will get none. However, if you select Limit cores and specify Cores as 8, Data Management will distribute the licensed CPU cores evenly between the servers.
Resources tab
See Configuring temporary disk space for information on configuring temp space.