Physical architecture
This architecture was evaluated in January 2023 with:
- A small-medium electric utility in mind
- Support for electric utility workflows with a target design load of 15 ArcGIS Pro editors and 200 ArcGIS web users (general user personas)
- An enterprise geodatabase configured with Oracle
- AWS cloud infrastructure
The system was designed for and tested against the specified workflows, with adjustments to the machine types and sizes as needed based on test results
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For more information on the software components and key interactions in this architecture, please review the Network Information Management System reference architecture
Resourcing the architecture
These are the machine sizes chosen and validated for this test study. It is still highly recommended that you go through a design process yourself to account for your business and technical requirements.
Machine types and sizes
The following represent the machine sizes chosen and validated for the scope and purpose of this test study. However, it is highly recommended to follow a complete design process to account for your business and technical requirements.
Esri offers system architecture design services should you need help determining all of the different factors relating to your organization’s physical design, such as networking, storage, system environments, and sizing. Minimum system requirements for each component are listed in documentation available online.
Desktop (ArcGIS Pro & web browser)
- 3 machines (used in testing
- G4DN.2xlarge
- 4 CPU (8 vCPU)
- 32 GB RAM
- 16 GB GPU
- 1 TB Disk
Portal for ArcGIS
- 2 machines
- M5.xlarge
- 2 CPU (4 vCPU)
- 16 GB RAM
- 128 GB Disk
ArcGIS GIS Server
- 2 machines
- M5.2xlarge
- 4 CPU (8vCPU)
- 32 GB RAM
- 128 GB Disk
ArcGIS Server (hosting server)
- 2 machines
- M5.2xlarge
- 4 CPU (8vCPU)
- 32 GB RAM
- 128 GB Disk
ArcGIS Data Store (relational)
- 2 machines
- M5.xlarge
- 2 CPU (4 vCPU)
- 16 GB RAM
- 256 GB Disk
ArcGIS Web Adaptor
- 2 machines
- M5.large
- 1 CPU (2vCPU)
- 8 GB RAM
- 128 GB Disk
ArcGIS Monitor
- 1 machine
- 5.2xlarge
- 4 CPU (8 vCPU)
- 32 GB RAM
- 256 GB Disk
File storage
- 1 instance
- 64 MB/s throughput
- 512 GB Disk
Database
- 1 machine
- M6i.4xlarge
- 8 CPU (16 vCPU)
- 64 GB RAM
- 1 TB Disk
Domain sever
- 1 machine
- M5.xlarge
- 1 CPU (2 vCPU)
- 8 GB RAM
- 128 GB Disk
Additional infrastructure considerations
The following are additional areas of consideration when designing a Network Information Management System and an explanation of some infrastructure choices made for this test study.
Application load balancer (ALB)
At least one third-party load balancer is required in a highly available ArcGIS Enterprise deployment- they handle client traffic to your portal and server sites and internal traffic between the software components. Although the ArcGIS Web Adaptor is considered a load balancer, it is insufficient on its own to serve as a load balancer in a high availability configuration. Therefore, in this test study, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Application Load Balancer was used.
Shared storage
To successfully implement a highly available ArcGIS Enterprise deployment, the configuration stores must be stored in a highly available, shared location. This ensures this data remains accessible even if one server fails, providing uninterrupted service to end-users. Additionally, shared storage simplifies data management in a multi-machine deployment and improves scalability by centralizing data storage and allowing for expansion as needed.
System components not included in the diagram
Note that while antivirus software and AWS networking components are not illustrated in this diagram, they were present in the test study.