Reader small image

You're reading from  Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases

Product typeBook
Published inJun 2014
Publisher
ISBN-139781783988648
Edition1st Edition
Right arrow
Author (1)
Hussein Nasser
Hussein Nasser
author image
Hussein Nasser

Hussein Nasser is an Esri award-winning senior GIS solution architect working in the GIS field since 2006. He is the author of three books in the ArcGIS technology: Administering ArcGIS for Server, Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases, and Building Web Applications with ArcGIS, all by Packt Publishing. In 2007, he won the first place at the annual ArcGIS Server Code Challenge, conducted at the Esri Developer Summit in Palm Springs, California. In 2014, he started the IGeometry YouTube channel, where he periodically publishes educational GIS videos.
Read more about Hussein Nasser

Right arrow

Setting up a Microsoft SQL Server Express geodatabase


SQL Server Express is a lightweight, free database management system that is provided by Microsoft. We are going to use it for our enterprise geodatabase. For the production environment, you will need something stronger than this database, such as SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, or PostgreSQL. For the purpose of demonstration, we will use SQL Server Express. It is a good test case as it's easy to set up and use, and since it's a Microsoft product, it integrates well with ArcGIS.

System requirements

Before we start, we will need a new machine to work on. This will be our geodatabase server. You can use the machine you are working on now, but I recommend that you use another machine to see the complete benefits of enterprise geodatabases. A virtual machine with 2 GB RAM, 50 GB of hard drive space, and either a 64-bit Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or higher is recommended. I'm running on a 2 GB Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 virtual machine...

lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases
Published in: Jun 2014Publisher: ISBN-13: 9781783988648

Author (1)

author image
Hussein Nasser

Hussein Nasser is an Esri award-winning senior GIS solution architect working in the GIS field since 2006. He is the author of three books in the ArcGIS technology: Administering ArcGIS for Server, Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases, and Building Web Applications with ArcGIS, all by Packt Publishing. In 2007, he won the first place at the annual ArcGIS Server Code Challenge, conducted at the Esri Developer Summit in Palm Springs, California. In 2014, he started the IGeometry YouTube channel, where he periodically publishes educational GIS videos.
Read more about Hussein Nasser