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Delay validation has nothing to do with runtime performance - it just doesn't validate the component till runtime.

Did you check this : a detailed discussion on why pre-execute steps might take a while.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlintegrationservices/thread/35a484c7-4850-4f86-b14a-5dfb50491ab2

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