The "Deployment" phase covers systems installation, application functional testing, performance testing and user training.

• Infrastructure Installation


Support for infrastructure installation activities.
• Resources
  
  

  • Vendor Solutions
    Solutions from our corporate alliances and hardware partners
  • Hardware Bundles
    Packaged solutions for GIS users
  • ESRI Knowledge Base
    Information on system requirements, technical articles, white papers, known bugs and common error messages
• Services
  
  

  • Systems Integration Services
    Technical assistance for your initial infrastructure deployment requirements.
• Database Deployment


Support for database deployment activities.
• Resources
  
  

  • Designing Geodatabases
    Best practices for developing an enterprise GIS geodatabase
• Services
  
  

  • Database Services
    Technical assistance for your initial database deployment requirements.
• Data Deployment


Support for data deployment activities.
• Resources
  
  

  • Editing and Data Compilation
    An overview and best practices on editing and data compilation
• Services
  
  

  • Data Services
    Technical assistance for your initial data deployment requirements.
• Application Deployment


Support for application deployment activities.
• Resources
  
  

  • ESRI Product Documentation
    Download the latest product documentation
  • ArcGIS ArcMap & Cartography: Interactive and Web Mapping Tips and Tricks - PDF - 1.18 MB
    ArcGIS ArcMap & Cartography: Interactive and Web Mapping Tips and Tricks
  • ArcGIS Editing Tips and Tricks - PDF - 1.18 MB
    ArcGIS Editing Tips and Tricks
  • Configuring a Distributed Installation of ArcGIS Server (Windows)
    This technical paper contains steps for installing and configuring ArcGIS Server on deployments of more than one machine using the windows operating system.
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Implementation Services
    Application functional testing support.
• Testing


A system environment configuration control plan is established to support relative performance validation for each software release (system environment changes require retesting and new baseline prior to each test series). Test results support annual system design performance sizing model adjustments. Performance sizing models are validated over time from successful customer system implementations.
• Resources
  
  

  • ArcGIS Enterprise Systems Performance and Scalability - PDF - 4.13 MB
    Provides comprehensive detailed information on ArcGIS Enterprise systems scalability design, develop, testing, trouble-shooting and tuning
  • Enterprise Performance and Scalability Testing - PDF - 4.13 MB
    Provides comprehensive detailed information on Enterprise GIS systems scalability testing
  • ArcIMS Performance and Scalability Testing - PDF - 4.13 MB
    Provides comprehensive detailed information on ArcIMS systems scalability testing
  • ArcGIS Server Performance and Scalability Testing - PDF - 4.13 MB
    Provides comprehensive detailed information on ArcGIS Server systems scalability testing
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Implementation Services
    ESRI Implementation Services can provide technical assistance for your performance validation and testing needs.
• Training


Links for ESRI training courses, software tutorials and Virtual Campus classes.
• Resources
  
  

  • ESRI Training Overview
    Includes tutorials, white papers, seminars, web and instructor-led courses, and ESRI Press books
  • ESRI Virtual Campus Training
    ESRI online training
  • ESRI Tutorials
    Performs a query of current tutorials within the ESRI support site
  • ESRI Press Books
    ESRI Press published books available
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Instructor-Led Training
    Instructor-led training available from ESRI
  • ESRI Authorized Training Program
    Training where you need it, when you need it
  • ESRI Implementation Services Custom Training
    Taking elements from established curricula, ESRI offers customized training support to meet your specific training and implementation needs.

"Strategy and Planning" focuses on how to establish a strategic plan; this includes identifying objectives, developing a business case, defining user requirements and organizing staff and training.

Please click on the following process overview diagram to view key considerations for the strategy and planning phase.

• Visioning and Strategic Planning


An enterprise GIS implementation involves a considerable amount of commitment and business investment to be successful. A clear understanding of what it will take to successfully meet your business objectives is important. Standard planning practices and typical project tasks and timelines are provided to help define your implementation goals.
• Resources
  
  

  Developing an Effective GIS Vision Statement: Key Considerations - PDF - 757 KB
  Provides questions that need to be answered to develop an effective GIS vision statement
  • Template for Creating a Project Vision Statement - PDF - 91 KB
    Steps you through the creation of a Vision statement for your project
• Services
  
  

  • Professional Services
    GIS Startup services provided by ESRI Consulting and Design Services
• Business Case Development


The following provides the basic concepts of GIS, real-world case studies on its benefits, GIS best practices, and information on ESRI GIS software products and services.
• Resources


• Developing an Effective GIS Business Case: Key Considerations - PDF - 765 KB
  Provides questions that need to be answered to develop an effective GIS business case
• Business Case Template - PDF - 222 KB
  Provides a sample GIS business case template
• ESRI Business Case Studies
  ESRI business case studies are provided
• Example Business Case Template
  Example business case template is provided
• Essential Information


GIS provides essential information tools for many levels of an organization. These tools help executives, IT professionals, developers, GIS professionals, and new users be more effective in managing geospatial information.
• What is GIS?
  The basics of GIS as presented at GIS.com
• Thinking About GIS
  Information on Roger Tomlinson's book 'Thinking about GIS'
• Measuring Up
  Outlines a number of case studies and general methodology for doing cost benefit analysis
• Getting Started with GIS
  GIS benefits, return on investment, and best practices
• Extending GIS to Enterprise Applications - PDF - 888 KB
  IDC Describes Emerging Geospatial Markets and Maps ESRI's Products and Capabilities Against Those Markets
• GIS Dictionary
  Online dictionary of GIS terms
• GIS Industry Solutions


GIS software is being used to implement a wide range of industry-focused solutions. This section shows how GIS is used by different industries, provides sample enterprise GIS case studies, and information on GIS standards and interoperability.
• GIS by Industry
  GIS information for your specific industry
• Industry-specific Literature
  GIS literature for your specific industry
• Enterprise Information Systems - Case Study, What forces are creating the spatiotemperal opportunity (IBM)
  What forces are creating the spatiotemperal opportunity - IBM
• Enterprise Information Systems - Case Study, Responsive Aware Networks (Sun Microsystems)
  Responsive Aware Networks - Sun Microsystems
• Enterprise Information Systems - Case Study, Future Generation: Building a Responsive Connected Environment (The Bolin Group)
  Future Generation: Building a Responsive Connected Environment - The Bolin Group
• News from ESRI


Find out the latest news from ESRI including information about current and upcoming ESRI events.
• Latest News from ESRI
  New training announcements, seminars, product releases, events, and much, much, more
• GIS Training and Education
  Includes tutorials, white papers, seminars, web and instructor-led courses, and ESRI Press books

The "Development" phase includes application development, systems integration, quality assurance/testing and data conversion and integration.

• Database Development


Documentation, developer samples and utilities especially useful for advanced database development.
• Resources
  
  

  • Designing Geodatabases
    Best practices for developing an enterprise GIS geodatabase
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Database Services
    Database Development
• Data Development


Resources for data conversion and integration such as data migration strategies and fundamentals of raster data.
• Resources
  
  

  • Editing and Data Compilation
    An overview and best practices on editing and data compilation
  • Migration Strategies
    
    A list of data and application migration resources
  
  
  • Migrating to a enterprise level GIS
    Case study that identifies some of the critical issues to consider with a departmental to enterprise GIS migration.
  • Welcome to ESRI Developer Network
    ESRI Developer Network developer support.
  • ArcGIS Desktop Compatibility with ArcSDE
    The compatibility between the different versions of ArcGIS Desktop and ArcSDE.
  • Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation
    Migration from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop
  • Migrating Data Into the Geodatabase
    Migrating and storing data in an ArcGIS geodatabase.
  • PLTS for ArcGIS
    A suite of applications that enables efficient, streamlined data, map, and chart production
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Database Services
    Data conversion and integration services available from ESRI
• Application Development


Documentation, developer samples and utilities especially useful for advanced application development.
• Resources
  
  

  • Getting Started Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation
    ArcGIS Desktop (ArcInfo, ArcEditor, and ArcView) is the ArcGIS solution to perform GIS tasks in this new architecture that directly compares to ArcInfo Workstation
  • Developing Enterprise Geodatabase Applications - PDF - 588 KB
    Best practices on developing enterprise Geodatabase applications
  • Hierarchical Routes In ArcGIS Network Analyst White Paper - PDF - 1.85 MB
    The goal of this paper is to describe the best practices for building hierarchical network datasets and to provide information on how to use the hierarchical algorithm effectively
  • Best Practices: Georeferencing Tips for Designing Interactive ArcGlobe Documents - PDF - 631 KB
    Designing Interactive ArcGlobe Documents whitepaper outlines best practices and recommended usage in building interactive ArcGlobe documents, ArcGIS 3D Analysts' newest addition at version 9.0 for 3D visualization
  • Best Practices: Georeferencing ArcIMS Services
    When you create ArcIMS services, you should include georeferencing information in your map configuration files
  • Visit the EDN Developer Portal
    Includes samples, downloads, and object models
  • Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
    An example of an industry standard process for successfully delivering information technology solutions
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Programming Services
    Application Development.
• Systems Integration


The GIS Industry faces a broad range of challenges including demands to increase production, pressure to reduce costs, changing regulatory requirements, and the need to maintain or replace aging infrastructure. The role of a systems integrator is to help you implement and integrate proven, GIS technologies to achieve your specific business objectives.
• Resources
  
  

  • Systems Integration Development Best Practices
    Systems integration development best practices
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Systems Integration Services
    Systems Integration services from ESRI
• Testing


Quality assurance is defined as a set of procedures designed to ensure that quality standards and processes are adhered to at the unit and systems level and that the final product meets or exceeds the required technical and performance requirements. Quality assurance is a widely used approach in the software industry to improve upon product delivery and the meeting of customer requirements and expectations.
• Resources
  
  

  • Testing Development Best Practices
    Testing development best practices
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Enterprise Implementation Services
    Systems Integration services from ESRI

The "Analysis and Design" phase includes database and application development, systems integration, quality assurance/testing and configuration management.

• Business Process and Workflow Analysis


Business process analysis examines the business activities that can benefit from the use of GIS.
• Resources
  
  

  • Business Process Analysis/Modeling For Defining GIS Applications and Use - PDF - 1.30 MB
    Defining business activities that benefit from GIS
  • Which Comes First, Data Maintenance Processes or Data Conversion? - PDF - 1.16 MB
    Relationship between business process reengineering and data conversion during GIS implementation
• Services
  
  

  • Professional Services
    GIS Startup services may assist with determining your user needs
• User Requirements Analysis


Enterprise GIS implementations generally involve a re-engineering of user workflows. This section identifies some key resources to help customers understand their user workflow requirements. Basic templates are provided to support customers in examining staffing requirements and collecting workflow information needed to support infrastructure planning.
• Resources
  
  

  • Determine What You Need
    GIS Users Needs Process
  • GIS User Needs - PDF - 10.5 MB
    Process to determine user needs
  • Thinking About GIS
    Information on Roger Tomlinson's book 'Thinking about GIS'
• Services
  
  

  • Professional Services
    GIS Startup services may assist with determining your user needs
• Solution Definition


ESRI produces an integrated collection of application software products for building a complete GIS for your organization.
• Resources
  
  

  • Solution Definition - PDF - 1.8 MB
    Definition for available Enterprise GIS solutions available
  • Enterprise Architecture Deployment Options - PDF - 3.5 MB
    Information on available Enterprise GIS architecture deployment options
  • GIS Industry Solutions
    
    

    GIS software is being used to implement a wide range of industry-focused solutions. This section shows how GIS is used by different industries, provides sample enterprise GIS case studies, and information on GIS standards and interoperability.

    • GIS by Industry
      GIS information for your specific industry
    • Industry-specific Literature
      GIS literature for your specific industry
  • GIS Software Solutions
    
    

    ESRI produces an integrated collection of application software products for building a complete GIS for your organization.

    • Extending GIS to Enterprise Applications - PDF - 888 KB
      IDC Describes Emerging Geospatial Markets and Maps ESRI's Products and Capabilities Against Those Markets
    • ESRI Software Overview
      The ArcGIS suite and links to each subcomponent
    • What is ArcGIS - PDF - 26 MB
      GIS concepts, usage and trends
    • ArcGIS Desktop Products Data Sheet - PDF - 321 KB
      Key features and functionality of ArcGIS Desktop
    • Understanding ArcSDE - PDF - 4.2 MB
      Overview of what ArcGIS is and how it integrated GIS and DBMS
    • Product Life Cycles
      The Product Life Cycle Support status for ESRI software products.
  • Configuration Control and Supported Environments
    
    

    Current information on supported software and hardware environments.

    • Software
      Links to details for each ESRI software product.
    • System Requirements
      Query tool to identify system requirements for ESRI software.
    • Supported Hardware
      Information on supported devices such as graphics adapters, X terminals, printers and digitizers for ArcGIS
    • Product Compatibility Matrix
      This matrix shows the support levels between the various ESRI desktop and server side products.
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Business Partner Solutions
    Directory listing for ESRI business partner solutions
  • Vendor Solutions
    Solutions from our corporate alliances and hardware partners
  • Hardware Bundles
    Packaged solutions for GIS users
  • ESRI Enterprise Advantage Program
    Services and support to increase the benefits of enterprise GIS plans
  • ESRI Professional Services
    Service offerings for specific industries
• Data


This site provides links to documentation, data format samples and utilities especially useful for advanced data development.
• Resources
  
  

  • Data Management Plan
    Alternatives to consider for GIS data management
  • Data Management
    
    Information pertaining to data protection and replication.
  
  
  • Migration Strategies
    
    A list of data and application migration resources
  
  
  • Migrating to a enterprise level GIS
    Case study that identifies some of the critical issues to consider with a departmental to enterprise GIS migration.
  • Migrating from 8.3 to 9.0
    This document describes the changes in ArcObjects between 8.3 and 9.0.
  • Migrating .NET code from ArcGIS 8.3 to 9.0
    This document discusses the changes in the .NET environment between 8.3 and 9.0.
  • What's New at 9.0 for ArcGIS Developers
    This page contains links to resources that discusses all the changes in the ArcGIS 9.0 development environment.
  • Welcome to ArcGIS Developer Online
    ArcObjects online support site for the ArcGIS 9.0 environment.
  • Type Changes between ArcGIS 8.3 and ArcGIS 9.0
    The COM Type changes between ArcGIS 8.3 and 9.0.
  • ArcGIS Desktop Compatibility with ArcSDE 9.0
    The compatibility between the different versions of ArcGIS Desktop and ArcSDE.
  • Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation
    Migration from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop
  • Migrating Data Into the Geodatabase
    Migrating and storing data in an ArcGIS geodatabase.
  • Raster Data
    
    Contains information on all aspects of raster data management and integration.
  
  
  • Building an Enterprise Geodatabase Raster Management System - PDF - 2.5 MB
    Provides a road map for building an enterprise geodatabase raster management system
  • Raster Data Management: Introduction to ArcGIS Raster - PDF - 874 KB
    Provides information on raster fundamentals and functionality for ArcGIS 9
  • Estimating Raster Storage Requirements
    How to estimate raster storage requirements for ArcSDE on Oracle
  • Loading Large Volumes of Raster Data into a Geodatabase - PDF - 536 KB
    Provides information on loading large volumes of raster data into a geodatabase
  • Raster Data Model
    Raster Data Model for ArcGIS 9
  • ArcGIS Data Models: Raster Data Models - PDF - 379 KB
    Provides information on raster data model content and example raster data models
  • Data Administration - PDF
    Data protection, backup/recovery and replication concepts
  • ArcSDE Geodatabase Replication Overview - PDF - 1.0 MB
    Overview on ArcSDE Geodatabase replication options
  • Database Replication Options - PDF - 10.5 MB
    Discussion on database replication solutions
  • Snapshot Replication With ArcSDE Data
    Using MS SQL Server Snapshot Replication With ArcSDE Data
  • ESRI Support Center Search on Replication
    Additional resources on replication
  • Data Products
    Data products to support your application
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Data Services
    ESRI data and maps - publishing tools and services.
• Database Design


A list of resources that cover all aspects of GIS database development
• Resources
  
  

  • Geodatabase
    
    Resources for understanding and designing geodatabases
  
  
  • Geodatabase Overview
    Overview of the ArcGIS Geodatabase
  • Introduction to Designing Geodatabases - ESRI Press Book
    Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling
  • Building Geodatabases with CASE Tools
    How to design a geodatabase in UML with Visio or Rational Rose
  • Working with Geodatabase Topology
    Topology as it applies to maintaining data within ArcGIS
  • Working with the Geodatabase Using SQL
    How to use SQL and multiversioned views to work with the data in a geodatabase
  • Geodatabase Versioning
    Information about Versioning with the Geodatabase
  • ESRI Forum on Geodatabases
    ESRI Forum on Geodatabases
  • Data Models
    Download the latest data models here
  • Map Projections and Coordinate Systems
    
    Information about map projections and coordinate systems
  
  
  • Understanding map projections - PDF - 194 KB
    Introduction to coordinate systems, transformations and projections
  • Spatial Reference in the Geodatabase - PDF - 352 KB
    Step-by-step instructions to set the Spatial Reference
  • Geoprocessing
    Geoprocessing framework for doing geographic analysis and data management.
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Database Services
    Data conversion and integration services available from ESRI
• Application Design


This site provides links to documentation, developer samples and utilities especially useful for advanced application development.
• Resources
  
  

  • Developing Enterprise Geodatabase Applications - PDF
    How to develop enterprise Geodatabase applications
  • Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
    An example of an industry standard process for successfully delivering information technology solutions
  • Visit the EDN Developer Portal
    Visit the EDN Developer Portal
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Programming Services
    Application Development
• Systems Architecture Design


GIS is a compute-intensive application that requires adequate hardware and network resources to support user processing requirements. The IT architecture must be selected to support peak user workflow requirements, and must be maintained to take advantage of rapid IT change. A significant amount of information is provided to help customers select the appropriate infrastructure design strategy, and maintain an hardware environment that will continue to support operational requirements.
• Resources
  
  

  • System Architecture Design Process - PDF - 745 KB
    ESRI system architecture design process that provides specific system architecture design and associated hardware
  • ESRI GIS Product Architecture - PDF - 1.35 MB
    A basis for understanding components involved in distributed GIS applications
  • ESRI Software System Requirements
    Identify system requirements for ESRI software products
  • Network Communications Considerations and Recommendations - PDF - 334 KB
    Communication protocols and design guidelines/recommendations that support distributed GIS applications and data resources located at sites throughout an organization
  • Hardware Sizing Fundamentals - PDF - 1.0 MB
    Fundamental understanding of ESRI system performance design models
  • Hardware Sizing Charts - PDF - 470 KB
    Hardware sizing charts that list the optimal server CPU and memory requirements
  • Storage Considerations and Recommendations
    
    Systems Integration and vendor's storage solutions white papers
  
  
  • Vendor Storage Solutions
    Contains vendor's white papers and support material for various types of storage solutions.
  • Enterprise Storage Solutions - PDF - 260 KB
    Systems Integration white paper that discusses the differences between DAS, NAS and SAN environments.
  • Image Storage Architecture - PDF - 388 KB
    Systems Integration technical brief that discusses Image Storage Architecture (ISA) in enterprise GIS production environments.
  • High-Availability
    
    Overview of high-availability configurations
  
  
  HA is provided by the system software vendor and is usually implemented at the platform level. For additional platform specific information we recommend contacting your platform vendor. There are, of course, GIS specific considerations in configuring systems in a failover environment. Failover is most commonly implemented for ArcSDE and ArcIMS server configurations. The following technical articles and test reports discuss HA configurations for ArcIMS and ArcSDE:
  • ArcSDE High-Availability Overview Technical Brief - PDF - 341 KB
    Overview of ArcSDE/DBMS High-Availability concepts
  • ArcSDE 9.0 and SQL Server 2000 MSCS Active/Passive Cluster Configuration Test Report - PDF - 252 KB
    Integrating ArcSDE 9.0 with a Microsoft SQL Server Active/Passive Cluster Configuration
  • ArcIMS 9.0 Network Load Balancing Test Report - PDF - 251 KB
    Integrating ArcIMS 9.0 with Microsoft Network Load Balancing
  • ArcIMS 3.1 MSCS Active/Passive Cluster Configuration Testing - PDF - 328 KB
    Integrating ArcIMS 3.x with a Microsoft Active/Passive Cluster Configuration
• Services
  
  

  • Systems Architecture Design Services
    Systems Architecture Design Services

The "Project Center Framework" provides a roadmap that can be used to help identify what is required and how to implement a successful Enterprise GIS. Click tabs from left to right and top to bottom to follow the project life cycle phases for an Enterprise GIS Program.

Please click on the following expanded Project Center framework view to show all activities throughout the entire project life cycle phases.

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The "Production and Operation" phase provides information on how to successfully maintain, monitor, tune and obtain support and services for your Enterprise GIS environment.

• Support


Contains a list of resources from the ESRI support center
• Resources
  
  

  • Software
    Links to the full suite of ESRI software products
  • Knowledge Base
    ESRI database of known bugs, common error messages, technical articles, white papers, and system requirements
  • Downloads
    The latest software updates, patches, bug fixes, samples, user contributed ArcScripts, and evaluation software
  • User Forums
    Community of GIS professionals where you can browse and post focused questions, or actively help others
  • For Developers
    Developer specific documentation, samples, downloads, object models, etc.
• Services
  
  

  • ESRI Support Options
    ESRI support services
• Maintenance


Successfully maintaining your GIS software applications and systems by managing the integration of new technology with existing production environments is one of the great challenges for IT managers. This will require starting the process of the project lifecycle over again in most cases.
• Resources
  
  

  • Software Life Cycles
    The support timeline for ESRI products
  • Software
    Links to the full suite of ESRI software products
  Best practices for how to maintain your hardware systems --->
  • Next Steps - PDF - 744 KB
    ESRI Support for Enterprise GIS Maintenance
• Services
  
  

  • System Architecture Design Maintenance
    Systems Architecture Design Consulting Services
• Performance Monitoring and Tuning


Documentation, white papers and tools to assist in performance tuning.
• Resources
  
  

  • Performance Monitoring Best Practices
    Best practices, recommendations and tools for performance monitoring your GIS systems, network, and applications
  • Monitoring/Analysis/Tools
    Tools for analysis and monitoring
  
  
  • Geodatabase ToolSet (GDBT)
    The Geodatabase Toolset is composed of tools used to investigate and diagnose geodatabase performance issues
  • Performance Monitoring Tools
    Best practices, recommendations and tools for performance monitoring your GIS systems, network, and applications
  • ArcIMS Spatial Server Log Analyzer
    Analyzes your ArcIMS Feature Server, Image Server, and Query Server log files for performance statistics and calculates average times and total requests and responses for each map service and layer.
  • ArcSDE Monitor Version 3.0
    Monitors the activity of any SDE server running in your company. SDE Monitor will display a graph that shows the peak and average connections used by clients.
  • ArcSDE Spatial Statistics Package for Oracle ('spastats')
    Provides information on the type of spatial queries that are being executed and the frequency for which they occur.
  • Tuning
    Best Practices on System and ESRI Application Tuning
  
  
  • System Tuning Fundamentals - PDF - 10.5 MB
    Description of the specifics of system tuning as a critical part of maintaining your GIS
  • Geodatabase Performance Factors - PDF - 1.2 MB
    Critical Geodatabase Performance Factors and Tuning Recommendations
  • Geodatabase Tuning Best Practices - PDF - 10.5 MB
    Description of the specifics of Geodatabase tuning as a critical part of maintaining your GIS
  • Versioning Performance Tuning Factors and Administration - PDF - 790 KB
    Critical Versioning Performance Factors, Administration and Tuning Recommendations
  • Enterprise GIS Systems Performance Tuning
    Provides comprehensive detailed information on GIS Enterprise systems (ArcGIS, ArcIMS, ArcGIS Server) performance design, development, testing, monitoring, trouble-shooting and tuning
  • ArcIMS Application Tuning Best Practices - PDF - 10.5 MB
    Description of the specifics of ArcIMS application tuning as a critical part of maintaining your GIS
  • ArcIMS Configuration Performance Factors - PDF - 426 KB
    This technical brief will discuss ArcIMS configuration factors impact on performance
  • ArcIMS ArcMap Server Drawing Performance Factors - PDF - 248 KB
    ArcIMS ArcMap Server drawing performance factors
  • ArcSDE Configuration and Tuning Guides
    Instructions for configuring the physical storage parameters of your data in your specific database management system
  • An Overview of Tuning an ArcSDE Geodatabase
    Best practice information for tuning an ArcSDE geodatabase