topic The data store...do I need it? in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/the-data-store-do-i-need-it/m-p/159435#M6273 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am rolling out the ArcGIS Enterprise products for testing.&nbsp; I am wondering what is the purpose of the datastore, if I already have an relational SQL enterprise database?&nbsp; The documentation makes it seem like just another database to store our data.&nbsp; &nbsp;Do I need the datastore at all?&nbsp; What benefits does it have over my current SDE database?&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Thank you</P><P>Jeff</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:39:43 GMT JeffGodfrey 2019-09-05T16:39:43Z The data store...do I need it? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/the-data-store-do-i-need-it/m-p/159435#M6273 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am rolling out the ArcGIS Enterprise products for testing.&nbsp; I am wondering what is the purpose of the datastore, if I already have an relational SQL enterprise database?&nbsp; The documentation makes it seem like just another database to store our data.&nbsp; &nbsp;Do I need the datastore at all?&nbsp; What benefits does it have over my current SDE database?&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Thank you</P><P>Jeff</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:39:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/the-data-store-do-i-need-it/m-p/159435#M6273 JeffGodfrey 2019-09-05T16:39:43Z Re: The data store...do I need it? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/the-data-store-do-i-need-it/m-p/159436#M6274 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There are a <A href="https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/administer/windows/what-is-arcgis-data-store.htm">number of benefits</A> of setting up the ArcGIS Data Store, which will give you the base ArcGIS Enterprise deployment and additional functionality throughout the deployment. It's not a replacement of your SDE database. The following white paper goes into more detail about this:</P><P></P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/community/gis/enterprise-gis/arcgis-enterprise/blog/2018/06/13/esri-whitepaper-data-in-arcgis-user-managed-and-arcgis-managed">https://community.esri.com/community/gis/enterprise-gis/arcgis-enterprise/blog/2018/06/13/esri-whitepaper-data-in-arcgis-user-managed-and-arcgis-managed</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:59:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/the-data-store-do-i-need-it/m-p/159436#M6274 JonathanQuinn 2019-09-05T16:59:42Z