Performance and usability comparison with SAP HANA RISE

This study, conducted in January 2025, examined and compared the performance and user experience of a Network Information Management System with two different architecture configurations, both deployed in Amazon Web Services (AWS):

1. A traditional ArcGIS Enterprise deployment on Windows virtual machines, with an enterprise geodatabase created using SAP HANA and hosted on a Linux virtual machine that was collocated with the other ArcGIS Enterprise components in a single Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
2. An identical ArcGIS Enterprise deployment, which instead uses SAP HANA RISE to host the enterprise geodatabase in a VPC separate from the other ArcGIS Enterprise components.

Network latency can have significant impacts on user experience and efficiency performing typical daily GIS operations within a Network Information Management System. In general, when the distance between system components is increased, like separating an enterprise geodatabase in a separate VPC from the other ArcGIS components, network latency increases. No additional network latency was observed with the addition of a second VPC connected with AWS PrivateLink during the conducted tests.

Tested workflows

A set of representative gas utility workflows were tested against each system, which were deployed with the 2024 ArcGIS Network Management Release. System resource utilization, end-user experience, and conducted workflow times were monitored throughout the testing process. The overall goal of this study is to provide organizations with quantitative and qualitative evidence to support their deployment decisions.

You can read more about these workflows in the related system test study, which evaluated a Network Information Management System configured with SAP HANA.