Compatibility   The system can be set to be compatible with previous versions of SQL Anywhere.

Compression   You can select a level of compression for your messages.

Message size affects the efficiency with which messages pass through a system. Compressed messages can be processed more efficiently by a message system than uncompressed messages. However, compression can take a significant amount of time.

Encoding   SQL Remote encodes messages to ensure that they pass through message systems uncorrupted. The encoding scheme can be customized to provide extra features.