Anybody implemented EBS(External Blob Storage) in sharepoint 2010

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Question

Anybody implemented EBS(External Blob Storage) in sharepoint 2010 my content db is growing like crazy .If i have some "gotchas" that would be great

TIA

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Solution

Using RBS doesn't mean you'll be using less disk space - if your content DBs are growing you're going to have to either just buy more storage or revise your data retention policies.

RBS is good if you have large binary data which will be streamed through to many users at once.

OTHER TIPS

Before implementing remote blob storage you need to determine what kind of data stuffs your Db's. RBS can degrade performance in some situations and you can't back it up using normal routines.

Actually, properly implemented, RBS can significantly reduce storage requirements of your SharePoint content. Compression, differential compression (...think versions), and de-duplication/single-instancing can all be leveraged. Some 3rd party solutions provide this capability OOB and most medium and high-end SAN and NAS platforms provide some level of de-dupe or compression capabilities.

The comments about reducing performance are somewhat accurate as it relates to the RBS FILESTREAM provider, but are not as it relates to 3rd party providers.

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