Remote Blob Storage in SharePoint 2010

Remote BLOB Storage
Nathan DeWitt
http://nathandewitt.net/

What’s a blob?

Blob: Super Villain

BLOB: Binary Large Object

Pictures

Large Documents

How do we store large files?

In the database

Why is that bad?

Big files take longer to retrieve
Web server pages slow down
Requests stack up

Bye-bye, uptime.

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Is there a better way?

SQL Server 2008
FILESTREAM data type

How do I do this in SHAREPOINT?

Provision a Data Store!
use [Content_DB]
if not exists (select * from sys.symmetric_keys where name = N'##MS_DatabaseMasterKey##')create master key encryption by password = N'Master Key Pa$$w0rd'
if not exists (select groupname from sysfilegroups where groupname=N'RBSFilestreamProvider')alter database [Content_DB]
add filegroupRBSFilestreamProvider contains filestream

alter database [Content_DB]
add file (name = RBSFilestreamFile, filename = 'c:Blobstore') to filegroupRBSFilestreamProvider

Install RBS!
PS C:> msiexec/qn /lvx* rbs_install_log1.txt /i RBS.msi TRUSTSERVERCERTIFICATE=true FILEGROUP=PRIMARY DBNAME="Content_DB" DBINSTANCE="SERVERNAME" FILESTREAMFILEGROUP=RBSFilestreamProviderFILESTREAMSTORENAME=RBSFilestreamStore

Enable RBS for a Content Database!
PS C:> $cdb = Get-SPContentDatabase "Content_DB"
PS C:> $rbss = $cdb.RemoteBlobStorageSettings
PS C:> $rbss.Installed()
PS C:> $rbss.Enable()
PS C:> $rbss.SetActiveProviderName(
$rbss.GetProviderNames()[0])
PS C:> $rbss

Verify!
items uploaded to the
DocumentLibrary
are actually stored in the
File System

Profit!
Any questions?

Remote Blob Storage in SharePoint 2010

by Nathan DeWitt on Feb 23, 2011

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