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Phase 4: Transfer Mechanism Selection

The final phase of the transfer optimization process, Phase 4, includes the selection of an appropriate transfer mechanism.

DTS supports three data transfer mechanisms.

The default is the point-to-point mechanism. DTS automatically decides which mechanism to use, by the specification of the active transfers and the configuration of the network.

When activating multiple transfers through a transfer group, use of the point-to-point mechanism involves multiple reads, multiple sends (across the network), and multiple writes for each parcel of data processed. However, fanout results in a single read, with multiple sends and multiple writes.

The most efficient mechanism is point-to-many, which means a single read, a single send, and multiple writes. However, it is not possible to use fanout or point-to-many unless the transfer objects involved have certain property values in common.

More information:

Transfer Object Server