At some point, it must’ve happened…
So – it finally happened…
ID-Tasker for InDesign Server.
There are two main operating modes:
- Master
- Worker
Master – is responsible for distributing workloads between Workers.
There is always ONLY ONE Master – but you can have as many Workers as you need.
Each Worker is connected to a single Instance of InDesign Server.
But, there is also 3rd kind of an operating mode:
- sub-Master
sub-Master sits in between of the Master and Worker(s).
You can have as may sub-Masters as you need.
The main advantage / use – to off-load Master.
Let’s say you have a Book, consisting of a few Chapters – separate INDD files. Master can send this job as a whole to the sub-Master and monitor it as a single job.
Depends on the size of the book – number of Chapters, number of Pages, complexity, available processing power, etc. – Master can let sub-Master use specified number of Workers.
Depends on how many Workers sub-Master is allowed to use – it can either deploy them all at once – or do Load Balancing.
When Worker is no longer needed – it can be “returned” to the Master so it can be used for new jobs.
There is also one more use for the sub-Master – in case you have multiple servers…
In that case – you can use sub-Master as a Master for specific server – but it will still communicate with the “main” Master – to receive new jobs, report status, progress, load, free resources, etc.
You can either monitor specific Master, sub-Master or Worker directly – by loggin in t
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