During the process of loading file-based data in Autodesk Infrastructure Studio, you can create data packages (.mgp files). Large collections of source-data files can be zipped up in this file format and saved for easy transport. You can use packages to load data onto the site when a standard load procedure fails on very large files due to a timeout. The advantage of creating spatial data packages is that you can transfer large files to the server by CD-ROM/DVD rather than across a network.
You can save a package file anywhere. However, all data packages must be copied to a specific packages folder before they can be loaded into the repository. You specify the location of the package folder with Infrastructure Map Server - Site Administrator (on the Configure Services page: Packages folder). You then use the Load Packages page to extract the data directly into the resource repository on the site server.
The process of creating and loading a package file looks like this:
