We are looking to develop a new enterprise GDB using ArcSDE 10 and PostGreSQL. The local government model shows that data is to be organized into feature datasets, however, I was told (9.2 era) to avoid using feature datasets to organize data, and rather use feature datasets only when using functionality like topology, networks, etc. We have several "simple" feature classes that we maintain on SDE that do not need to be in a feature dataset. Based on the information I can find on the Esri site, I am not sure whether to create one geodatabase and organize by feature dataset, or create multiple databases and geodatabases to organize data and keep the simple feature classes out of feature datasets. Any insight would be much appreciated.
