What's new in System Design Strategies 35th Edition

Fall 2014 What's New in System Design Strategies 35th Edition.

This chapter identifies System Design Strategies content changes since July 2014. Content identifies changes since release of the System Architecture Design Strategies (SADS) 10.2.2 fall course documentation. SADS course presentation material be updated throughout the year to keep pace with technology, with reference content updates shared through this SDSwiki site.

System Design Process

 * Update Figure 1.6 Integrated Business Needs Assessment

GIS Software technology

 * Training presentation on Real-time GIS with ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server.
 * Training presentation on Best Practices for Your ArcGIS Online Organization.
 * Training presentation on Boost Productivity with Explorer for ArcGIS.
 * Update Figure 2.18 Portal for ArcGIS
 * Developer GIS Watch the video: ArcGIS for Developers

Software performance

 * Figure 3.1 Baseline workflow processing loads
 * GIS workflow reciperesolution upgrade
 * Imagery service workflow recipe resolution upgrade
 * Figure 3.5 recipe resolution upgrade
 * Figure 3.6 recipe resolution upgrade
 * Figure 3.7 Data density makes a difference resolution upgrade
 * Figure 3.7a registered portal recipe resolution upgrade
 * Figure 3.9 recipe resolution and bandwidth upgrade
 * Figure 3.10 recipe resolution upgrade
 * Figure 3.11 recipe resolution upgrade
 * Figure 3.12 recipe and software performance resolution upgrade and modified to reflect 2009 MSD map display performance improvements.
 * Figure 3.13 recipe resolution and corresponding performance upgrade
 * Figure 3.14 recipe resolution and corresponding performance upgrade
 * Figure 3.18 recipe resolution and corresponding performance upgrade
 * Figure 3.19 recipe resolution and corresponding performance upgrade
 * Figure 3.20 recipe resolution upgrade

GIS Data Administration

 * Add section on Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

GIS Product Architecture

 * New section on ArcGIS for Server multiple site deployment patterns
 * ArcGIS for Server multiple site integration
 * >Enterprise development, staging, and production operations
 * >Active-Passive ArcGIS for Server Failover configurations
 * >Data Center COOP/DR Failover configurations
 * >Optional high capacity single-machine GIS Server Site active-active configuration tier
 * Additional multiple site deployment considerations


 * Update Figure 7.13 ArcGIS Platform deployment strategies
 * Video link on ArcGIS Platform deployment strategies

Information Security

 * New ArcGIS portal information model
 * New Web GIS access and privileges
 * New GIS portal architecture in ArcGIS Online
 * New Portal for ArcGIS relationship to Server

System Implementation

 * Update Figure 11.1 Integrated System Design Process

City of Rome
City of Rome analysis was updated using the Arc14CapacityPlanning0901 CPT release. Updated CPT figures are identified in the links that follow:

City of Rome predesign efforts

 * CPT Business workflows
 * CPT Workflow definitions
 * CPT hardware platform candidates
 * CPT workflow and hardware platform favorites

City of Rome System Architecture Design Year 1

 * Workflow loads analysis: Year 1
 * Network suitability analysis: Year 1
 * CPT Platform architecture selection
 * CPT Design Software configuration
 * CPT Design analysis for Minimum physical platform solution - Year 1
 * CPT Design analysis for high-available physical platform configuration: Year 1
 * 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 System Architecture Design Year 2

 * 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
 * CPT Calculator analysis for Amazon Cloud public services configuration
 * Rome City Hall Business Case Summary

City of Rome Police Department System Architecture Design

 * 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

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. CPT demonstrations have been updated with the September 2014 Capacity Planning Tool Release.

System Design Process

 * Replaced the following graphics with the new Arc14CapacityPlanning0901 CPT release.
 * > CPT Calculator tab: Custom workflow loads analysis
 * > CPT Workflow tab: Workflow loads definition
 * > 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)

GIS Software Technology

 * Replaced the following graphics with the new Arc14CapacityPlanning0901 CPT release.
 * CPT desktop workflows
 * > ArcGIS for Desktop Standard Workflows. ArcGIS 10.2 for Desktop Standard Workflows updated with 1920x1080 default resolution.
 * CPT server workflows
 * > ArcGIS for Server standard workflows. ArcGIS 12.2 for Server and Imagery Standard Workflows updated with 1366x768 default resolution.
 * CPT Mobile Workflows
 * > ArcGIS for Windows Mobile standard workflow description

Software Performance (CPT Calculator)

 * Replaced the following graphics with the new Arc14CapacityPlanning0901 CPT release.
 * Software technology selection. CPT Calculator includes a new AGD102Citrix Imagery software selection.
 * Map Document/Imagery selection
 * > ArcGIS map document (MapDoc) selection
 * > ArcGIS imagery selection
 * ArcGIS density/portal selection
 * ArcGIS percent data cache (%DataCache) selection
 * Display complexity selection
 * Resolution selection Introduce new DeskDefault, WebDefault, and Custom resolution selections.
 * Output selection
 * Vector storage format selection
 * Imagery storage format selection
 * Standard workflow selections
 * Custom workflow processing loads

Server Software Performance

 * Replaced the following graphics with the new Arc14CapacityPlanning0901 CPT release.
 * CPT Design map service instance configuration
 * CPT Design batch process instance configuration
 * Selecting the right technology: A case study.
 * >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 for the Caching advantage summary

GIS Data Administration

 * Replaced the following graphics with the new Arc14CapacityPlanning0901 CPT release.
 * 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

Network Communications

 * Replaced the following graphics with the new Arc14CapacityPlanning0901 CPT release.
 * 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
 * > Workflow performance summary
 * > Validated design solution
 * Network performance parameter look-up list

Product Architecture

 * Replaced the following graphics with the new Arc14CapacityPlanning0901 CPT release.


 * ArcGIS for Desktop: CPT Calculator configurations
 * >2 graphics CPT Calculator workstation
 * >3 graphics on CPT Calculator Virtual Application Sessions
 * >CPT Calculator Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)


 * ArcGIS for Desktop: CPT Design configurations
 * >CPT Composite Workflow load generation
 * >3 graphics CPT Design Workstation Platform Selection
 * >5 graphics CPT Design virtual application sessions
 * >CPT Design Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)


 * CPT Calculator ArcGIS for Server platform configurations
 * >CPT Calculator single-tier configuration
 * >CPT Calculator two-tier configuration
 * >CPT Calculator three-tier configuration
 * >CPT Calculator three-tier virtual server configuration
 * >CPT Calculator three-tier high availability virtual server configuration


 * CPT Design ArcGIS for Server platform configurations
 * >3 graphics CPT Design ArcGIS for Server single-tier platform configuration
 * >3 graphics CPT Design ArcGIS for Server two-tier platform configuration
 * >3 graphics CPT Design ArcGIS for Server three-tier platform configuration
 * >CPT Design ArcGIS for Server three-tier virtual server Enterprise solution
 * >CPT Design ArcGIS for Server three-tier high availability virtual server Enterprise solution
 * >CPT Design Platform Module

Platform Performance

 * Replaced the following graphics with the new Arc14CapacityPlanning0901 CPT release.
 * 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 for ArcSDE Geodatabase platform sizing
 * > CPT for ArcGIS for Server platform sizing

Performance Management

 * Replaced the following graphics with the new Arc14CapacityPlanning0901 CPT release.
 * 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.

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