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Performance Guidelines

The recommended system requirements and performance guidelines will help you achieve optimal migration performance while minimizing connectivity and/or network-related errors.

If Transend is performing your migration as a service, please see our migration farm requirements.

Transend Migration Console can be run on virtual or physical machines on a Windows operating system. We recommend building a farm of migration machines (with similar specs) and scaling the project across the farm to optimize performance and reduce processing time.

While the software runs on a Windows OS, there are options for Mac users.

Disable Antivirus or Create Directory Exclusions
We strongly recommend disabling antivirus on all machines performing migrations, or creating antivirus exclusions.

Warning! Antivirus scanning will significantly reduce performance, and potentially result in data loss!

See additional details for which directories to exclude, or how to disable A/V.

Disable MFA on any administrative accounts used for migration authentication purposes.

System Requirements

  • Windows 8, 10, or 11; or Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 or 2022 with current Service Packs. Set the Windows display language to English to ensure services operate correctly.
  • Intel i5/i7 processor or equivalent; 4 or more cores.
  • 8 GB RAM or greater (optimized for your Motherboard).
  • Use hard drives that are 7200 RPM or greater.
  • At least 100 GB of available disk space (possibly more depending on requirements specific to your environment, but no less than 50% or more available disk space).
  • High performance independent 10/100/1000 Network PCI/PCIe/SCSI Network Adapter.
  • Must be running .Net Framework v4.7.1 or higher.

Network Considerations

  • Disable any scheduled server backups during migration processing.
  • Configure workstations and server to operate under only one protocol.
  • Convert on a hard wired (not wireless or VPN) 10/100/1000 LAN segment.
  • Dedicate a Switched LAN segment to the workstations and servers involved in the migration.
  • Update Network card drivers to the current version.

Server and Workstation Considerations

  • Disable antivirus on all machines performing migrations. Alternatively, you can create antivirus exclusions for the following directories: C:\Windows\Temp, C:\ProgramData\Transend.
  • Exempt the following processes from scanning: tmagent.exe, tmcd.exe, tmcmd.exe
  • Important! Failure to disable antivirus (or set exemptions) will significantly reduce performance and potentially result in data loss.
  • If running on VMware, follow best practices to Maximize Performance and CPU Utilizatiionon
  • Disable SPAM filter during migration.
  • Disable directory sync (OneDrive, Google Drive, etc.) to ensure that sync services don’t interfere with Transend Migration Console files.
  • Update Transend software to the current version.
  • Minimize network latency: migrate local files where possible, locate migration nodes in the same network segment as mail servers, access over WAN only when absolutely necessary.
  • Set Windows to optimize memory for “best performance” under Windows Advanced Settings.
  • If running software to remove Temp files and/or Windows Registry entries from a computer (i.e. CCleaner or similar), we recommend restarting all machines running Transend products (including machines with Remote Agents) after usage of system cleaning tools.