XI as middleware between Portal & R3

Hi,
I have a customer woh is considering implementing R3 & Portal.
Does anyone can tell in avarege what is the overhead in performance if the XI comes between the portal & R3 ?
what will be the pros & cons implementing XI in this scenario ?
thanks

HI,
Check this thread.
Portal to XI to R/3
Regards,
Sudheer
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