Task 5: Determine Whether Printer Pools Will Be Used for Fault Tolerance
Organizations often encounter areas of printing demand that outpace the capacity of individual print devices. In addition, higher capacity print devices might be prohibitively expensive. A solution to both of these problems can be to establish printer pools. These collections of identical print devices function as one large, distributed printer, meeting client demand by distributing the print workload across all devices in the pool. To the end user, they appear as a single printer.
Review the following benefits and limitations of printer pools in order to assess whether the use of printer pools may be appropriate. Complete this task for each print server.
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