Chapter 9. ArcGIS Enterprise Standards and Best Practices

Standards and best practices could easily be the second and third most important topics around ArcGIS Server, after security, of course. In fact, many of the standards and best practices we will discuss in the chapter impact security. Regardless of industry, standards and best practices are topics that no one typically wants to discuss or implement, but that everyone could benefit greatly from.

In this chapter, we will cover many topics, some of them briefly, some a bit more in depth. Regarding standards, we will talk about the following topics:

• Storage locations for your data and how to keep things tidy and neat
• Naming conventions for items such as the following:
  • Database connections
  • Folders
  • Services
  • Map document internals

Best practices will be a longer section, covering topics such as the following:

• Accounts and credentials
• Map documents and how to optimize settings for performance
• Map service settings and how to optimize settings for availability...