ArcGIS geodatabases

At the heart of any good Enterprise GIS system lives a clean, tidy and performant enterprise geodatabase. The geodatabase is the core of a strong GIS system; without data, you have nothing.
Chad Cooper en Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

There are enterprise geodatabases, workgroup geodatabases, file geodatabases, and personal geodatabases. More info here. Esri also released the Geodatabase Resources hub; check it out here.

Table of contents:

Enterprise geodatabase basics

ArcGIS Data Store vs Enterprise Geodatabase [GEO Jobe]
What are the reserved words for Esri’s file geodatabase? [Esri Support]

Enterprise geodatabase best practices

Enterprise geodatabase maintenance

Basic Enterprise Geodatabase Maintenance [Esri Australia]

Enterprise geodatabase topology rules

ArcGIS Geodatabase Topology Rules [Esri documentation]

Enterprise geodatabase troubleshooting

How To: Diagnose ArcSDE connection and performance issues using SDEINTERCEPT [Esri Support]
Troubleshooting Performance Issues with Enterprise Geodatabases [Esri presentation]

Enterprise geodatabase versioning

Everything you need to know about versioning in ArcGIS, ebook [SSP Innovations]
What schema changes can be made to versioned data? [Esri Support]

Enterprise geodatabase (related white papers)

Data in ArcGIS: User Managed and ArcGIS Managed

File geodatabases

What are the reserved words for Esri’s file geodatabase? [Esri Support]

Additional relevant links

Esri Academy

MGN articles about ArcGIS geodatabases

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