Strategies for loading data into a geodatabase on Amazon EC2

You can move your source data to Amazon EC2, then load the data into your geodatabase, or you can replicate data using a geodata service published from a geodatabase in the cloud.

Load data you moved to the cloud

Once your source data has been moved to your ArcGIS Server instance, use the tools provided in ArcGIS Desktop to load the data into your geodatabase.

From ArcCatalog or the Catalog window in ArcMap, you can do the following:

• Copy data from a source geodatabase, such as a personal geodatabase you transferred to Amazon EC2, and paste it into your geodatabase. If copying to an enterprise geodatabase (EGDB), your source might also be a file geodatabase that you transferred to the cloud. See Copying feature datasets, classes, and tables to another geodatabase for more information.
• Create empty feature classes or tables, then use the Simple Data Loader or Object Loader wizard to add data to them. See About loading data into existing feature classes or tables for information on the two wizards.
• Create an empty feature class or table and use a source XML record set document to load data to it.
• Use geoprocessing tools to import source shapefiles, coverages, feature classes, tables, rasters, or XML workspace documents. See An overview of importing datasets for more information.
• Restore a dump file from an existing geodatabase in PostgreSQL to your EGDB instance.

For information on getting source data onto an Amazon EC2 instance, see Strategies for data transfer to Amazon.

Replicate

You can create a replica of your local data by publishing a geodata service from your EGDB, then replicate data from your local ArcSDE geodatabase to the geodata service. See Using a geodata service and a connected replica for more information.

You could also replicate data to an XML document or transport file geodatabase from a local ArcSDE geodatabase, then transfer that file to the cloud to be loaded into a geodatabase there. See Using a geodata service and a disconnected replica for more information.

Tip:

An ArcGIS Desktop add-in is available from the ArcGIS Resource Center that you can install to create transport file geodatabases.