Amazon AppStream 2.0: ESRI ArcGIS Pro Deployment Guide

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04-23-2019 10:44 AM
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Amazon and Esri recently published a whitepaper outlining the steps needed to setup and configure Amazon AppStream 2.0 and ArcGIS Pro. 

Through testing, Esri and AWS outline the various classes of AppStream hosts:

ArcGIS 2D Workloads – stream.compute.large, stream.memory.large. Compute and Memory optimized instances are perfectly suited for ArcGIS Pro workloads that does not require a GPU.

ArcGIS 3D Workloads (Normal) – stream.graphics-design.xlarge. Graphics Design instances are ideal for delivering applications such as ArcGIS Pro that rely on hardware acceleration of DirectX, OpenGL, or OpenCL. Powered by AMD FirePro S7150x2 Server GPUs and equipped with AMD Multi user GPU technology, instances start from 2 vCPU, 7.5 GiB system memory, and 1 GiB graphics memory, to 16 vCPUs, 61 GiB system memory, and 8 GiB graphics memory.

ArcGIS 3D Workloads (High res) – stream.graphics-design.2xlarge or stream.graphics-pro.4xlarge. The Graphics Pro instance family offers three different instance types to support the most demanding graphics applications. Powered by NVIDIA Tesla M60 GPUs with 2048 parallel 4 processing cores, there are three Graphics Pro instances types starting from 16 vCPUs, 122 GiB system memory, and 8 GiB graphics memory, to 64 vCPUs, 488 GiB system memory, and 32 GiB graphics memory. These instance types are ideal for graphic workloads that need a massive amount of parallel processing power for 3D rendering, visualization, and video encoding, including applications such as ArcGIS Pro.

Please find the full whitepaper here: https://d1.awsstatic.com/product-marketing/AppStream2.0/Amazon%20AppStream%202.0%20ESRI%20ArcGIS%20P...   

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Mr. Boyle is an expert in GIS technology, system planning, design, development and administration with a focus on public sector and E&P in the oil and gas industry. He has 15 years experience as a government, non-profit and E&P employee for organizations in North America. Through his work as a GIS Database Administrator, he has gained in-depth organizational and technical experience for system development, deployment, and management. He has strong technical skills in GIS and IT application design and development, database design, systems architecture, and integration and holds several technical certifications. His technical skills are complemented by his experience in project management and organizational development. He has a Bachelors in Environmental Studies – Geography, Mr. Boyle has received extensive post graduate training and education in information technology, GIS, and Geographix. He holds a GISP Certificate.