My organization is working on an application running on ArcGIS Engine. Previous versions of the application used primarily Shapefiles for displaying roads, parcels, buildings, etc.
Since I was taught to avoid Shapefiles when managing data at my college job, I suggested moving to file geodatabases.
Esri claims file geodatabases are optimized for performance and storage.
My co-worker remembers hearing that Shapefiles usually draw faster.
I didn't come across an article directly talking about this topic, so I thought I would ask the community.
I'm leaning towards file geodatabases, but it would be nice to know if I'm missing out on anything that Shapefiles offer.
Answer
According to System Design Strategies - Software Performance, an Esri technical article, file geodatabases are faster than shapefiles in their specific tests. They go into a lot of additional detail regarding what bottlenecks may exist and other performance considerations for various ArcGIS software use cases.
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