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say i have a sharepoint server, and i have people uploading their documents to the server, as default, sharepoint will convert the file to binary and store it in wscontent database. i can turn that off and allow the document to be uploaded into a file server. My question is what is the best approach to do this? do i let the database grow so big or do i let them upload the documents to file server. what is the right way or most common or most efficient way to do this? thanks
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Hi,
as long as you are using SharePoint backup, the content will be backup regardless if the content is in the database or remotely.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/opal/archive/2010/03/24/faq-sharepoint-2010-remote-blob-storage-rbs.aspx
RBS planing:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff628583.aspx
And another interesting whitepaper:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14726
BTW, RBS can only store on local drives, not on SMB shares.
HTH
Rainer
as long as you are using SharePoint backup, the content will be backup regardless if the content is in the database or remotely.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/opal/archive/2010/03/24/faq-sharepoint-2010-remote-blob-storage-rbs.aspx
RBS planing:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff628583.aspx
And another interesting whitepaper:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14726
BTW, RBS can only store on local drives, not on SMB shares.
HTH
Rainer
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yeah i saw. but if your server was a vm wouldn't c drive a san?
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