XFOR: Migration Process is Faster on an Intel Processor

ID: Q173895

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SUMMARY

Running the migration process on an Intel processor may be considerably faster than running on a non-Intel CPU such as the DEC Alpha, even though the DEC Alpha may be a faster CPU.

MORE INFORMATION

During Lotus cc:Mail and Novell GroupWise migration, 16-bit code is run as part of the extraction phase of the migration process. Running extractors on RISC platform computers results in significantly slower migration performance due to 16-bit code running Intel x86 emulation mode. Performance for the import phase of the migration process is not affected. For maximum performance, run the migration extraction phase for Lotus cc:Mail and Novell GroupWise on a computer with an Intel processor.

Additional query words:

Keywords : XFOR
Version : winnt:5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo