topic Re: Geoprocessing on a cloud network in ArcGIS Online Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/geoprocessing-on-a-cloud-network/m-p/313487#M15739 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Donald, just curious, which browser and browser version are you using? If you're using something like IE 7/8, I would move to the latest version of Chrome, if you can. It sounds, however, like you're not having browser "freeze"/front-end issues, which would be common in old versions of IE as they use a JavaScript engine that performs poorly and also lack modern features. It seems you're having issues with your processes on-the-cloud, not with manipulating the maps, workflow creation, etc.</P><P></P><P>There are some unanswered Geonet forum questions identifying similar issues... I would suggest chatting with Esri support to see if they have any ideas. See if you can experiment with geoprocessing during off-peak hours... if you notice you can geoprocess at 3 AM on a Sunday, but have issues performing the same process Monday morning, I wonder if the cloud is not scaling.</P><P></P><P>I perused ArcGIS Online help and didn't see anything related to cloud performance - there also doesn't seem to be a way to allocate more cloud resources to your organization, like you can with ArcGIS Server on EC2. This is one reason why I stick with ArcGIS Server on our own hardware - for security and performance reasons - we have more control this way, although it can be prohibitively expensive/time-consuming maintaining your own data center. This is why ArcGIS Online is great!</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Jul 2015 22:12:26 GMT ChrisSmith7 2015-07-12T22:12:26Z Geoprocessing on a cloud network https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/geoprocessing-on-a-cloud-network/m-p/313486#M15738 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am a GIS-Coordinator for a small community.&nbsp; To get our GIS system up and running quickly we decided to use a cloud network. I like the fact that I don't have to load ESRI software into everyone's computer and I don't have to deal with IT every time I need assistance.&nbsp; However, I am having issues Geoprocessing on the cloud.&nbsp; I crash or Stall out my process frequently anytime I work on a project of any size. Do most analysts who use a cloud system do simple edits and process on the cloud and then perform more intense or large volume geoprocessing on a robust machine in-house?&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:46:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/geoprocessing-on-a-cloud-network/m-p/313486#M15738 DonaldBlalock 2015-07-10T16:46:57Z Re: Geoprocessing on a cloud network https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/geoprocessing-on-a-cloud-network/m-p/313487#M15739 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Donald, just curious, which browser and browser version are you using? If you're using something like IE 7/8, I would move to the latest version of Chrome, if you can. It sounds, however, like you're not having browser "freeze"/front-end issues, which would be common in old versions of IE as they use a JavaScript engine that performs poorly and also lack modern features. It seems you're having issues with your processes on-the-cloud, not with manipulating the maps, workflow creation, etc.</P><P></P><P>There are some unanswered Geonet forum questions identifying similar issues... I would suggest chatting with Esri support to see if they have any ideas. See if you can experiment with geoprocessing during off-peak hours... if you notice you can geoprocess at 3 AM on a Sunday, but have issues performing the same process Monday morning, I wonder if the cloud is not scaling.</P><P></P><P>I perused ArcGIS Online help and didn't see anything related to cloud performance - there also doesn't seem to be a way to allocate more cloud resources to your organization, like you can with ArcGIS Server on EC2. This is one reason why I stick with ArcGIS Server on our own hardware - for security and performance reasons - we have more control this way, although it can be prohibitively expensive/time-consuming maintaining your own data center. This is why ArcGIS Online is great!</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Jul 2015 22:12:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/geoprocessing-on-a-cloud-network/m-p/313487#M15739 ChrisSmith7 2015-07-12T22:12:26Z