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I have a GP service published on ArcGIS Server 10.2.2. This GP service is going to be used by multiple users at the same time and for intermediate data storage I use in_memory workspace.

I was not able to find on the Internet though whether the datasets I save in in_memory in one GP service session will be "visible" in another one, and thus result in lock issues when trying to overwrite an existing dataset or delete a dataset that is currently being used by another GP service session.

I am hoping for having in_memory encapsulated for each GP service run (session), but wanted to check if anyone knows for sure how it works with GP services.

I know that I can use arcpy.env.scratchGDB for the intermediate data storage in a file geodatabase (which will be unique for each GP service run), but it is way slower and since I have to write many times during the run, this will negatively affect the service performance.

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Output to the in_memory workspace is not available from one instance to another. An instance is a process (ArcSOC.exe). These processes do not share memory, nor talk to one another.

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  • Thank you, Kevin! Good to know. I asked this because I have gotten some locks established when running multiple GP service sessions of the same service. Then those locks were probably on the database level. Thanks again.
    – Alex Tereshenkov
    Commented Nov 4, 2014 at 8:47
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    Yeah, you could still be getting locks on the database. That would have nothing to do with writing output to in_memory. It would be what tool(s) are being used and if they need to put a read or schema lock on the input features. (schema being the possible problematic lock depending what you're doing)
    – KHibma
    Commented Nov 4, 2014 at 14:43

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