2. Now, publishing this amount of images (around 6.38 GB in total) is not an easy job. Then I�??m wondering if there might be better approach to be able to publish these images with optimal time
try and see:
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/devsummit13/papers/devsummit-026.pdf
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/devsummit13/papers/devsummit-054.pdf
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/devsummit13/papers/devsummit-014.pdf
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/devsummit13/papers/devsummit-058.pdf
I also suggest you evalute http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisserver/extensions/image-extension
Jamal,
The way we publish images is to leave them in there raw format as flat files, calculate statistics and pyramid layers on them (if required). Then create a file geodatabase at the root folder of the images, inside this create a raster catalog (unmanaged) that points to your images.
Put the image catalog in arcmap and then publish to a service. This does not require an image service license and performance is pretty good on images that are around a GB each.
Just remember to use a UNC path to your images so that your server can access them
Regards
Anthony
Jamal,
To publish a mosaic data set you need an image server license, where as a raster catalog you don't
Regards
Anthony