Compressing web services communication may increase communication flow performance between the IMPAX Clients and the Application Server over slow networks such as VPNs or slow WANs. Compression reduces the size of the communication messages, making them transfer more quickly between systems. The message transfer speeds may vary depending on the computer running the Client. This is a performance trade-off, since the Client and Application Server consume additional CPU time due to compression and decompression, which increases message delivery latency.
 | Note: We recommend disabling compression for containers with Clients on high-speed gigabit networks. |
On the Application Server, compression is always turned on by default. This configuration option can be accessed through the Configure area - Station section of the Client. For additional information on setting compression in the Client, refer to "Compressing web services communication on the Client for improved performance" (topic number 9390) in the IMPAX 6.5.1 Client Knowledge Base: Extended.