The following table summarize the options of how how you can use Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 together with SharePoint 2010
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RBS API |
Local RBS FILESTREAMING |
Remote RBS FILESTREAMING |
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Access type |
API provider (including 3rdparty) |
SQL data type |
API |
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Requirements |
SharePoint Foundation 2010 SharePoint Server 2010 |
SharePoint Foundation 2010 SharePoint Server 2010 |
SharePoint Server 2010 |
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Installation |
SQL Server 2008 SP2 + CU2 |
Feature Pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 |
SQL Server 2008 R2 Express |
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Local Storage |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Remote Storage |
Yes |
No (DAS, NAS) |
Yes (DAS, NAS) |
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SharePoint Backup/Recovery |
No |
Yes (farm backup) |
Yes (farm backup) |
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SQL Server backup and recovery of the BLOB Store |
Yes |
Yes |
?? |
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Scripted migration to BLOBs |
Yes |
Yes |
?? |
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Supports mirroring |
No |
No |
?? |
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Log shipping |
Yes, with provider implementation |
Yes |
?? |
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Database snapshots |
No |
No |
?? |
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Geo replication |
No |
Yes |
?? |
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Encryption |
No |
NTFS only |
?? |
RBS can be run on the local server running Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2 Express. To run RBS on a remote server, you must be running SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition
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