The DTM separates a mapping into pipeline stages and uses one reader thread, one transformation stage, and one writer thread to process each stage. Each pipeline stage runs in one of the following threads:

Because the pipeline contains three stages, the DTM can process three sets of rows concurrently and optimize mapping performance. For example, while the reader thread processes the third row set, the transformation thread processes the second row set, and the writer thread processes the first row set.

If you have the partitioning option, the Data Integration Service can maximize parallelism for mappings and profiles. When you maximize parallelism, the DTM separates a mapping into pipeline stages and uses multiple threads to process each stage.