Conclusions and key takeaways
This test study demonstrates how a network information management system’s architecture can be modified to accommodate mobile workflows and provide needed business capabilities. However, it is important to test, observe, and then adjust the system as needed to support the intended workflows and loads. The goal is to make informed hardware choices that mitigate infrastructure expenses and operational costs, while striving for a positive user experience and maximum productivity. Productivity leads to a better return on investment, so focusing on user experience, as this test study does, will help you make decisions that can improve the bottom line.
Key takeaways
- Adding mobile capabilities to any business focused system requires careful planning and testing to ensure optimal performance and user experience.
- When adding new workloads to a system, good testing and observability practices are crucial in the build phase to determine whether system adjustments, like resizing instances or reconfiguring ArcSOCs, are warranted.
- Downloading offline areas can be time consuming. Strategies are needed to mitigate this, and might include network, instance size, and map configuration adjustments.
- The download step of disconnected workflows in particular benefitted from a larger instance size, with the download time reduced by 41%.
- Optimizing your resources while balancing the size of offline maps (making them as small as possible while covering the necessary area) is crucial.
- VPNs provide secure connections but may introduce latency, which can impact real-time workflows.
- Validate your system whenever changes are introduced.