Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

Making data accessible to ArcGIS Server

Your ArcGIS Server machines need to be able to access your data. To do this, follow these three rules:

1. Store your data where your ArcGIS Server machines can see it and access it. Here there are several options:
   • Store data locally on each ArcGIS Server machine: This is not an optimal solution, especially if you have multiple machines in your server site. This can be beneficial for performance, but not for maintenance.
   • Store data in a shared directory: Many organizations do this already; share data on a network drive using a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path, such as \\server\folder\data. This has its merits in that if used properly, UNC paths provide a uniform, consistent method to reference data ...