ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5.1 Single Machine Deployment

ChristopherMcClain

I am considering a Single Machine deployment of ArcGIS Enterprise base deployment with Imagery Server on a single machine for a small to mid sized public water & sewer authority.  Current projections call for about 25 users roughly half and half viewers/editors.  I had originally allotted capacity for a single ArcGIS Server machine and second machine to run my SDE GDB.  Since these are both VMs I am hoping to consolidate the resources into a single machine and deploy all the components on it.  If this isn't possible I will need to request additional resources from IT.

My first questions is single machine deployment feasible?

Second question is can I scale out by adding hardware at a later date or am I married to a single machine deployment?

JonathanQuinn

A single machine will typically be fine.  Since you're using VM's, you can always increase the RAM or CPU on the machine as needed.

In terms of scaling out, you'll just need to move the config-store and directories to a shared location and then update the admin URL used for federation within the Sharing API of Portal.  Then, join your additional machines to the existing site.  We plan on documenting how to do this for users who want to move from single machine deployments to multi-machine deployments or HA.