topic Re: What the purpose of SDE application server in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-the-purpose-of-sde-application-server/m-p/79678#M4613 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Ghassan,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>An ArcSDE service, also known as an ArcSDE application server or a&nbsp; three-tiered architecture, conveys spatial data between GIS applications&nbsp; and a geodatabase.&nbsp; With an ArcSDE service, a gsrvr process is created on the SDE server for each client connection.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>A direct connection is recommended.&nbsp; The direct-connect architecture moves ArcSDE functionality to the&nbsp; desktop. This removes the ArcSDE load from the server and allows&nbsp; additional resources to be freed up for the DBMS, which means you get&nbsp; better scalability on the database server.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Direct&nbsp; connections can be faster if the server is heavily used, because&nbsp; processing takes place on the client machine. Rather than having to&nbsp; process the information on the server, which may be responding to&nbsp; requests from numerous other users at the same time, and send the&nbsp; information back to the client across the network, the client computer&nbsp; is typically only processing a few tasks at a time.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>One scenario where you may want to use an ArcSDE application server connection is if your desktop machine does not have&nbsp; enough resources to handle the ArcSDE processes.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:43:00 GMT JakeSkinner 2012-12-14T16:43:00Z What the purpose of SDE application server https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-the-purpose-of-sde-application-server/m-p/79677#M4612 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am relatively new to ArcGIS server.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>What is the purpos of ArcSDE application server in&nbsp; 10.1? and what I mean by application server is the separate install that I have to do which will install the windows service.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I can create an enterprise geodatabase, and load data to it without using the windows service.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Is there a white paper of the architecture of these components together?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:41:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-the-purpose-of-sde-application-server/m-p/79677#M4612 GhassanKarwchan 2012-12-14T13:41:14Z Re: What the purpose of SDE application server https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-the-purpose-of-sde-application-server/m-p/79678#M4613 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Ghassan,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>An ArcSDE service, also known as an ArcSDE application server or a&nbsp; three-tiered architecture, conveys spatial data between GIS applications&nbsp; and a geodatabase.&nbsp; With an ArcSDE service, a gsrvr process is created on the SDE server for each client connection.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>A direct connection is recommended.&nbsp; The direct-connect architecture moves ArcSDE functionality to the&nbsp; desktop. This removes the ArcSDE load from the server and allows&nbsp; additional resources to be freed up for the DBMS, which means you get&nbsp; better scalability on the database server.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Direct&nbsp; connections can be faster if the server is heavily used, because&nbsp; processing takes place on the client machine. Rather than having to&nbsp; process the information on the server, which may be responding to&nbsp; requests from numerous other users at the same time, and send the&nbsp; information back to the client across the network, the client computer&nbsp; is typically only processing a few tasks at a time.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>One scenario where you may want to use an ArcSDE application server connection is if your desktop machine does not have&nbsp; enough resources to handle the ArcSDE processes.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:43:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-the-purpose-of-sde-application-server/m-p/79678#M4613 JakeSkinner 2012-12-14T16:43:00Z Re: What the purpose of SDE application server https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-the-purpose-of-sde-application-server/m-p/79679#M4614 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks a lot </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Now it is clear</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:10:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-the-purpose-of-sde-application-server/m-p/79679#M4614 GhassanKarwchan 2012-12-14T18:10:06Z Re: What the purpose of SDE application server https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-the-purpose-of-sde-application-server/m-p/79680#M4615 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>See this related forum thread for a more detailed discussion:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/57375-Why-would-I-install-ArcSDE-with-10.1">Why would I install ArcSDE with 10.1?</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Marco</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:26:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-the-purpose-of-sde-application-server/m-p/79680#M4615 MarcoBoeringa 2012-12-14T18:26:23Z