ArcGIS Enterprise and Azure Net App Files, Microsoft Azure

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07-25-2022 04:08 PM
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FraserHand
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Hi there,

Sorry for the cross post.

Has anyone in the community used Azure NetApp Files with their ArcGIS Enterprise deployment. If so could you share your experience with and and what the performance was like?

Thanks

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danbecker
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I have this same question.

Background: we've been using Azure Virtual Desktop (VD; Win10 multi-session host), FsLogix user profiles are stored in Azure Files share. So far, Pro has worked great in the VD environmetn, EXCEPT our "GIS" file share for FGDBs, Pro Projects, ect.

The "GIS" file share was configured as a Premium Azure Files storage account in the same Azure region (Azure GOV Virginia) as the VDs, smb multi-channel enabled. AD DS authentication is enabled, VD machines and storage account are all AD joined, they both have line of sight to Domain Controller.

Opening Pro projects stored in Azure Files is painful, so too are field calculations. Just opening the field calculation tool takes 5-10 seconds for it to fully populate all controls. If the Pro project and FGDB is copied to a local, managed drive, everything is 10x faster.

Our Azure deployment is configured according to this doc, EXCEPT for Azure NetApp files. Our IT consultant told us "it shouldn't matter" if we used Azure Files instead. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/example-scenario/data/esri-arcgis-azure-virtual...

Anyone have recommendations? Should we just switch to NetApp files?

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