What's new in System Design Strategies 33rd Edition

System Design Strategies (SDSwiki) 33rd Edition, Fall 2013 release.

This document identifies System Design Strategies content changes since the 31st Edition released in Fall 2012. Many of the content editorial changes were incorporated in the System Design Strategies 32nd Edition published during the Spring of 2013. The ArcGIS 10.2 software technology, Arc13 platform performance baseline, and the new July 2013 Capacity Planning Tool documentation are included in this release.

The SDSwiki Table of Contents at top and bottom of each SDSwiki page now includes links to the SDSwiki appendices and the Preface (executive summary). Software technology is updated to support the ArcGIS 10.2 release throughout the SDSwiki. The Capacity Planning Tool (CPT) Performance baseline is updated to Arc13 = 50 and hardware solutions support 2013 platform technology.

System Design Strategies Preface
The new System Design Strategies Preface content provides an executive summary of the SDSwiki documentation. The System Design Strategies Preface is a good place to start in reviewing the System Design Strategy documentation. The following sections have been updated to include outline and links to content in the SDSwiki chapters.
 * System Design Process
 * GIS Software technology
 * Software Performance
 * Server Software Performance
 * GIS Data Administration
 * Network Communications
 * GIS Product Architecture
 * Platform Performance
 * Information Security
 * Performance Management
 * System Implementation
 * City of Rome
 * A1. Capacity Planning Tool

System Design Process.

 * 2012 upgraded to 2013.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release
 * Minor text edits to improve clarity.
 * Expanded section on System architecture design process to include an introduction and overview of the design process.
 * Added section on Platform capacity calculations to introduce simple capacity planning relationships and CPT tools.
 * CPT Video: System Design Process

GIS Software technology

 * 2012 upgraded to 2013.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release
 * Minor text edits to improve clarity.
 * References to ArcGIS System changed to ArcGIS Platform.
 * Added section on Emerging technology trends
 * Added subsection on GeoEvent Server enables real time event tracking and data collection.
 * Added subsection on Real time "Big Data" (satellite imagery and Social Media)


 * Combined graphics and text for Centralized verses distributed GIS operations
 * Added section and graphic on Community deployment strategies
 * Added section and graphic on ArcGIS cloud service models
 * Added section and graphic on ArcGIS cloud deployment models
 * Add additional products in ArcGIS Platform: An architecture overview.
 * ArcGIS Online provides ArcGIS Platform Enterprise integration framework.
 * 3D viewers: Add ArcGIS for Desktop 3D Analysis, City Engine, ArcScene 3D data packages, and City Engine Web viewer.
 * Developer GIS: Add ArcGIS for Developers online site.


 * Add City Engine and City Engine viewer in ArcGIS 3D clients.
 * Add ArcGIS for Developers content in Developer GIS.
 * Add new graphic in ArcGIS Online Services
 * CPT Video: GIS Software Technology

Software performance

 * 2012 upgraded to 2013.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release. Several of the graphics were updated to reflect 2013 performance levels and the Arc13 performance baseline.
 * Update to ArcGIS 10.2 as current product release.
 * Minor text edits to improve clarity.
 * Delete graphic in High performance imagery services.
 * Include 2013 platforms and Arc13 baseline in Defining display complexity
 * Add Standard workflow selection text and link to CPT Appendix in Custom workflow processing load.
 * CPT Video: Software Performance

Server software performance

 * 2012 upgraded to 2013.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release. Several of the graphics were updated to reflect 2013 performance levels and the Arc13 performance baseline.
 * Update to ArcGIS 10.2 as current product release.
 * Minor text edits to improve clarity.
 * Update ArcGIS for Server Performance and Scalability link in ArcGIS for Server is Changing to a 10.2 video.
 * Rewrite following sections to focus on ArcGIS 10.2 release.
 * ArcGIS Server Terminology
 * > ArcGIS for Server Site
 * > Server process
 * > Service instance
 * > Service instance configuration
 * Pooled service model (service instance settings)
 * > ArcGIS for Server pooling settings (service instance min/max settings)
 * Cached map service
 * > Map service caching configuration
 * > Advanced caching settings


 * Added Configuring CachingTool geoprocessing service instances.
 * Update following sections to better represent ArcGIS 10.2 CachingTools geoprocessing service.
 * Estimated map cache generation time.
 * Map cache generation service configuration


 * Update following sections to better address memory and server host capacity concerns and best practices.
 * GIS Server machine memory configuration
 * > Server host platform capacity
 * > Managing host platform service instance capacity


 * Update the Greek case study with current hardware and software deployment patterns.
 * Selecting the right technology: A case study
 * Caching advantage summary


 * CPT Video: Server instance configurations

GIS Data Administration

 * 2012 upgraded to 2013.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release. Several of the graphics were updated to reflect 2013 performance levels and the Arc13 performance baseline.
 * Update to ArcGIS 10.2 as current product release.
 * Minor text edits to improve clarity.
 * Replace graphic for What is versioning section.
 * Paragraph added for incremental updates in ArcSDE geodatabase replication support for disconnected Workgroup SDE geodatabase editing operations
 * CPT Video: GIS data source

Network communications

 * 2012 upgraded to 2013.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release. Several of the graphics were updated to reflect 2013 performance levels and the Arc13 performance baseline.
 * Update to ArcGIS 10.2 as current product release.
 * Minor text edits to improve clarity.
 * Correct network transport time calculations in What is network transport time?
 * Upgrade DBMS connection across a WAN to TOC heading.
 * Add Best Practice in DBMS connection across a WAN
 * Update times on Network latency example
 * Combine traffic peak graphics in single figure in Performance modeling.
 * Combine network utilization graphics into single figure in Computing network utilization.
 * Combine user productivity and Workflow Performance graphics in single figure in User Productivity.
 * Combined three graphics into one figure in User productivity adjustment.
 * CPT Video: Network suitability analysis

GIS Product Architecture

 * 2012 upgraded to 2013.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release. Several of the graphics were updated to reflect 2013 performance levels and the Arc13 performance baseline.
 * Update to ArcGIS 10.2 as current product release.
 * Minor text edits to improve clarity.
 * Update ArcGIS for Desktop architecture patterns to expand discussion on remote DBMS access performance tuning options.
 * Update Citrix support information in Centralized Windows Terminal Server/Remote Desktop Services (Citrix) Architecture.
 * Upgrade help resource links to 10.2 help site in
 * ArcGIS 10.2 for Server key site aware component functions
 * Web platform configuration strategies


 * CPT Video: Product architecture selection

Platform performance

 * 2012 platforms upgraded to 2013 platforms.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release. Several of the graphics were updated to reflect 2013 performance levels and the Arc13 performance baseline.
 * Update to ArcGIS 10.2 as the current product release.
 * Minor text edits to improve clarity.
 * Update Platform Performance in following sections
 * Platform Performance Baseline
 * Performance Baseline history
 * Moore’s Law


 * Add Faster platforms provide more service with less hardware
 * Add Web map display performance history
 * Update 2013 Platform Performance impacts in following sections
 * 2013 Technology changes
 * Platform performance
 * Hardware vendor performance gains
 * 2013 Intel processor performance
 * 2013 ArcGIS for Server platform selection
 * CPT Best Buy Analysis


 * Update ArcGIS Platform Sizing recommendations based on 2013 performance changes in the following sections.
 * ArcGIS Desktop Platform Sizing
 * Workstation operating system
 * Workstation performance


 * Add City Engine to Video display processing
 * Update platform sizing recommendations based on 2013 performance changes in the following sections.
 * ArcGIS for Desktop terminal server platform capacity changes
 * SDE geodatabase server platform capacity changes
 * Web mapping server platform capacity changes.


 * CPT Video: Platform performance/selection

Information Security

 * 2012 upgraded to 2013.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release. Several of the graphics were updated to reflect 2013 performance levels and the Arc13 performance baseline.
 * Update to ArcGIS 10.2 as current product release.
 * Minor text edits to improve clarity.
 * Add a hyperlink to "Control ArcGIS Security using your Enterprise Authentication" on Information Security introduction page.
 * Add discussion on What is information security?
 * Add discussion on Four types of security threats.
 * Combined discussion on security in depth with Levels of Security.
 * Expanded section on Standards approach to security risk management to include "Key steps to an effective information security program."
 * Expand definition of Security framework and compliance.
 * Updated discussion on Esri security strategy evolution.
 * Added section on ArcGIS product level security.
 * ArcGIS for Server security authentication and authorization
 * > GIS Server authentication
 * > Enterprise level authentication
 * ArcGIS Online security authentication and authorization
 * > ArcGIS Online authentication and group level security
 * > Federated SAML authentication


 * Updated Esri informal pattern selection.
 * Added Cloud implementation options.
 * Added ArcGIS cloud hybrid capabilities.
 * Updated Enterprise security firewall patterns.
 * Web firewall best practices
 * Web services with proxy server
 * Web and ArcGIS for Server components in DMZ

Performance Management

 * 2012 upgraded to 2013.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release. Several of the graphics were updated to reflect 2013 performance levels and the Arc13 performance baseline.
 * Update to ArcGIS 10.2 as current product release.
 * Minor text edits to improve clarity.
 * Update Virtual Server processing overhead. Overhead reduced due to more recent test results.
 * CPT Video: Performance management

System Implementation

 * 2012 upgraded to 2013.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release. Several of the graphics were updated to reflect 2013 performance levels and the Arc13 performance baseline.
 * Update to ArcGIS 10.2 as current product
 * Reduced virtual desktop and server technology processing overhead.
 * Updated Virtualization deployment options.
 * Add Esri/VMware joint benchmark testing reports links.


 * Add paragraph for ArcGIS for Server statistics and link to a new System Test load testing application in Performance monitoring.
 * Add paragraph for a new System Monitoring application in Performance validation.

City of Rome

 * 2012 upgraded to 2013.
 * Graphics replaced to align with SADS10.2 release. Several of the graphics were updated to reflect 2013 performance levels and the Arc13 performance baseline.
 * Update to ArcGIS 10.2 as current product.
 * Update Figure 12-4 with Arc13CPT Design in Maintain a current plan.


 * Pre-design efforts
 * Update figure 12-6 with more detailed methodology in Pre-design efforts.
 * Replaced the following CPT graphics with 2013 hardware, ArcGIS 10.2 workflows, and the new Arc13 CPT analysis.
 * CPT Business workflows(Arc13 10.2 project workflows)
 * CPT Workflow definitions (Arc13 10.2 workflow recipes)
 * CPT hardware platform candidates(2013 hardware candidates)
 * CPT workflow and hardware platform favorites (2013 favorites)


 * City of Rome City Hall System Architecture Design - year 1
 * Replace the system design analysis with 2013 hardware, ArcGIS 10.2 workflows, and the new Arc13 CPT analysis.
 * Network suitability analysis: Year 1
 * Hardware price list
 * CPT Platform architecture selection
 * CPT Design Software configuration
 * CPT Design analysis for Minimum physical platform solution - Year 1
 * Minimum physical platform solution summary: Year 1
 * CPT Design analysis for high-available physical platform configuration: Year 1
 * High-availability physical platform solution summary: Year 1
 * CPT Design analysis for high-availability virtual platform configuration: Year 1
 * High-availability virtual platform solution summary: Year 1


 * City of Rome City Hall System Architecture Design - year 2
 * Replace the system design evaluation with 2013 hardware, ArcGIS 10.2 workflows, and the new Arc13 CPT analysis.
 * Network suitability analysis - year 2
 * CPT Design analysis for high availability virtual platform configuration - year 2
 * High availability virtual platform solution summary - year 2
 * CPT Design analysis for data center without hosting public Web services
 * High-availability virtual platform design solution without web public services - year 2
 * Amazon pricing assumptions (2013 update)
 * CPT Calculator analysis for Amazon Cloud public services configuration
 * Amazon hosted pubic web servers pricing summary


 * Rome City Hall business case summary.


 * City of Rome Police Department System Architecture Design - year 2
 * Replace the system design evaluation with 2013 hardware, ArcGIS 10.2 workflows, and the new Arc13 CPT analysis.
 * Workflow loads analysis
 * Network suitability analysis
 * CPT Design software configuration
 * CPT Design analysis for high availability virtual platform configuration
 * High availability virtual platform solution summary


 * CPT Video: City of Rome use case
 * CPT Video: City of Portland system design exercise demo

Capacity Planning Tool
Capacity Planning Tool (CPT) appendix provides CPT demonstrations of system design content introduced in each SDSwiki chapter. Hyperlinks connect SDSwiki chapter content with CPT demonstrations included in this appendix.


 * 1. System Design Process introduction update
 * Update Workflow loads analysis
 * Replaced the following CPT graphics with the new Arc13 CPT and ArcGIS 10.2 workflows.
 * > CPT Calculator tab: Custom workflow loads analysis
 * > CPT Workflow tab: Workflow loads definition


 * System architecture design
 * Replaced the following CPT graphics with the new Arc13 CPT and ArcGIS 10.2 workflows.
 * > CPT Design tab: User requirements analysis
 * > 2 graphics CPT Design tab: Network suitability analysis
 * > CPT Design tab: Platform architecture selection
 * > CPT Design tab: Software configuration
 * > CPT Design tab: Enterprise system design
 * > CPT Hardware tab: Platform performance
 * > CPT Test tab: Performance validation
 * > Platform Capacity Calculator (Hardware tab)


 * 2. GIS Software Technology
 * Replaced the following graphics with the new Arc13 CPT and ArcGIS 10.2 workflows
 * CPT desktop workflows
 * > ArcGIS for Desktop Standard Workflows
 * CPT server workflows
 * > ArcGIS for Server standard workflows
 * CPT Mobile Workflows
 * > ArcGIS for Windows Mobile standard workflow description


 * 3. Software Performance (CPT Calculator)
 * Replace the following CPT graphics with the new Arc13 CPT and ArcGIS 10.2 workflows
 * Software technology selection
 * Map Document/Imagery selection
 * > ArcGIS map document (MapDoc) selection
 * > ArcGIS imagery selection
 * ArcGIS density selection
 * ArcGIS percent data cache (%DataCache) selection
 * Display complexity selection
 * Resolution selection
 * Output selection
 * Vector storage format selection
 * Imagery storage format selection
 * Standard workflow selections
 * Custom workflow processing loads


 * 4. Server Software Performance
 * Replace the following CPT graphics with the new Arc13 CPT and ArcGIS 10.2 workflows
 * CPT Design map service instance configuration
 * CPT Design batch process instance configuration


 * Selecting the right technology: A case study. Replace the following case study analysis with the new Arc13 CPT, 2013 hardware, and ArcGIS 10.2 workflows.
 * Web ADF application with central dynamic SDE data layers
 * 2 graphics Web Flex application with central dynamic SDE data layers
 * Web FLEX application with point feature layer + central map cache
 * Web mobile application with edit feature synchronization + local map cache


 * Update Caching advantage summary


 * 5. GIS Data Administration
 * Replace the following CPT graphics with the new Arc13 CPT and ArcGIS 10.2 workflows
 * 3 graphics ArcGIS for Server mapping service data source performance comparison
 * ArcGIS for Server Imagery service data source performance comparison
 * 5 graphics Selecting an imagery workflow on the CPT Calculator tab
 * 2 graphics Selecting an imagery workflow on the CPT Design tab


 * 6. Network Communications
 * Replace the following CPT graphics with the new Arc13 CPT and ArcGIS 10.2 workflows
 * CPT network latency performance delays
 * > CPT Calculator tab
 * > CPT Design tab
 * CPT Calculator network suitability analysis
 * 2 graphics CPT Design user requirements workflow loads analysis
 * CPT Design network suitability analysis
 * > Initial user requirements loads analysis
 * > RESET ADJUST function
 * - Excel Circular Reference Warning
 * > Workflow performance summary
 * > Validated design solution
 * Network performance parameter look-up list


 * 7. Product Architecture
 * Replace the following CPT graphics with the new Arc13 CPT and ArcGIS 10.2 workflows
 * ArcGIS for Desktop workflows
 * > 3 graphics CPT Calculator ArcGIS for Desktop workstation workflows
 * > 4 graphics CPT Design ArcGIS for Desktop workstation workflows
 * > 3 graphics CPT Calculator ArcGIS for Desktop terminal server clients
 * > 4 graphics Design ArcGIS for Desktop Citrix workflows
 * ArcGIS for Server workflows
 * > 5 graphics CPT Design for Web single-tier platform configuration
 * > 5 graphics CPT Design for Web two-tier platform configuration
 * > 5 graphics CPT Design for Web three-tier platform configuration
 * > 4 graphics CPT Calculator ArcGIS for Server platform configurations


 * 8. Platform Performance
 * Replace the following CPT graphics with the new Arc13 CPT, 2013 hardware, and ArcGIS 10.2 workflows.
 * CPT Hardware tab
 * > HardwareSPEC Excel Workbook
 * > Adding a new platform to the CPT Hardware tab
 * CPT used to evaluate best buy
 * > Establishing business needs
 * > Platform pricing analysis
 * > 4 graphics Completing the capacity planning analysis
 * > CPT Design platform analysis summary report
 * CPT Platform Sizing Analysis
 * > Platform Capacity Calculator platform sizing
 * > CPT for Windows Terminal Server platform sizing
 * - CPT Windows Terminal Server memory guidelines describes CPT platform memory calculations.
 * > CPT for ArcSDE Geodatabase platform sizing
 * - CPT ArcSDE Geodatabase memory guidelines describes CPT platform memory calculations.
 * > CPT for ArcGIS for Server platform sizing
 * - CPT Web and ArcGIS for Server memory guidelines describes CPT platform memory calculations.


 * 9. Information Security (no CPT updates for this chapter)


 * 10. Performance Management
 * Replace the following CPT graphics with the new Arc13 CPT and ArcGIS 10.2 workflows.
 * CPT Design workflow productivity adjustment
 * > 2 graphics CPT Design user workflow productivity adjustment
 * > 2 graphics CPT Design tab configured with a batch process
 * CPT Design evaluation of physical and virtual multi-core performance
 * Performance Validation
 * > Measured MSD render time
 * > Measured MXD render time
 * > Measured throughput and platform utilization
 * > Measured peak concurrent users and platform utilization translator
 * > Move Test tab derived workflow service times to project workflows.

Windows Memory Management

 * New appendix on Windows Memory Management added to address ArcGIS platform memory recommendations.
 * 32-bit Windows OS memory architecture
 * 64-bit Windows OS memory architecture
 * ArcGIS platform memory recommendations

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