I have the same general question, but will expand ...
In AGS 9.x, we have been storing image tiles in an enterprise GDB as a managed raster catalog. Desktop clients access the raster catalog using direct connect. For web apps, we created a cached map service.
In AGS 10, what would be the preferred method?
For us, performance (speed) is most important and size (disk space) is secondary. Our raster data rarely changes.
Based on my understanding, the main options are:
Desktop clients
-- managed raster catalog in a GDB
-- new v10 mosaic dataset in a GDB (that points to the raw images)
-- image service created using AGS Image Server Extension
-- AGS map service with cache
Web apps
-- service created using Image Sever Extension
-- map service with cache
Any performance testing, guidance, suggestions ???
Thanks,
Ben