Compare compression of MAPI traffic

The following two tests compare the performance of Exinda's compression and WANWide Area Network Memory technologies to Microsoft Outlook and Exchange compression.

Exchange Results

1 recipient: 3.3MB was compressed to 3MB – 10% reductionmeasures the amount of redundant data that has been removed from the network, increasing capacity

2nd and subsequent recipients: 3.3MB was compressed to 3MB – 10% reduction

Exinda Results

1 recipient: 3.3MB was compressed to 2.5MB – 24% reduction

2nd and subsequent recipients: 3.3MB was compressed to 0.2MB – 94% reduction

Compression percentage achieved by Exinda and Exchange.

Test parameters

  • File size: 3.3MB PDF file
  • Link speed: 2Mbps, with 30ms RTT
  • Email: Exchange 2007 server/Outlook 2003 client
  • Exinda devices: 2 × Exinda 4800 appliances