[GIS] Where does the copied data get placed when publishing a service to ArcGIS Server

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I use ArcGIS for Server 10.1. What is not clear to me is, where does server save data when I upload it to it?
I mean the case, when data in the service is not referenced, but it is inside the service definition file.

Is it saved in some folder?
Or is it saved in some geodatabase included in the server? Where?

Best Answer

When you publish a service and its data is being copied to the server, the data is being copied into C:\arcgisserver\directories\arcgissystem\arcgisinput\%servicename% folder (or whatever folder you chose to have your server directories stored). It is a file geodatabase that is created there and it contains those datasets you have added to your map document when publishing.