SPSDBN

1. Dude Where Did You Park
My SharePoint Data?
WARREN MARKS
DURBAN – 14 SEPTEMBER 2013

2. Our Awesome Sponsor

3. About me
Warren Marks
Johannesburg
Director
GTconsult
Over 13 years in information management
First time SPS Speaker
On occasion I like standing on my head
@MarksWazza

4. Some of the topics we’ll discuss
 How does SQL store your SharePoint Data?
 What is a blob and why is it bad news?
 What is the affect of big data in SQL?
 What size should my content databases be?
 What is EBS?
 What is RBS?
 How can I offload my blobs?
 How do I pick my provider?

5. How SQL stores your SharePoint data
 SQL reads 8K chunks called “Pages”
 Disk formatted into 1K chunks
 Fantastic database solution - not
designed to store unstructured
content in an optimal way

6. Understanding the B-L-O-B
Binary large object (blob) - is a collection of binary data stored
as a single entity in a database management system

7. The effect of the BLOB in SQL
 Bloating of SQL content databases
 Increased backup windows
 Increased recovery windows
 Increase in “fast” disk storage requirements
 Increased TCO for SharePoint
 Performance degradation

8. Performance Degradation Uncovered

9. How things get put back together

10. Content DB limitations best practices
200GB Content DB
4TB Content DB (Disk speed requirements)
500 DB’s per farm
Shredded Storage

11. The EBS API (SharePoint Layer)
 Supported from SharePoint 2007 SP1 & later
 Farm-wide feature (natively)
 Technology being deprecated and is not
support in SharePoint 2013
External Blob Storage

12. The RBS API (SQL Layer)
 Supported from SQL 2008 R2 & later
 Not unique to SharePoint – any SQL application
 Natively implemented as a content database
scoped feature
 You can build your own RBS provider library
Remote Blob Storage

13. Native Vs Product

14. Filestream Provider
 Can only be used on Storage local to the
SQL server
 Does not bypass SQL for blob offload
 No compression
 No de-duplication
 No Encryption
 No tiered storage
 Not built as an enterprise class solution

15. Product
NAS
PPT PDF
DOC
DOC
DOC
DOC
TIFF
XLS
NAS
Azure Azure
JBOD
PDFDOC XLS
PDF
TIFF
AVI
DOCPPTXLSTIFFPDF
+1 year
+2 years
Azure
DOCDOC
+5 years
Less relevant content becomes less-expensive to store
Blob Offloader

16. Filestream Provider vs Product
Feature RBS FILESTREAM Product
BLOB Externalization  
Offload BLOBs to remote (NAS, CAS, or Cloud) storage platforms  
Outbound BLOB cache for off-premises (i.e. Cloud) operations  
Define multiple storage locations per content database  
Filter endpoints by file type or scope (i.e. list or content type)  
Use SharePoint filename or folder on offloaded BLOBs  
Promote SharePoint properties to endpoint  
Securely delete (shred) BLOBs  
Report and Health Monitor Dashboard  
Administration User Interface  
PowerShell Support  
Compression  
Encryption 

(Transmission and "at
rest“)
Tiered Storage (HSM) support  
Move BLOBs to less expensive tiers of storage based on admin-defined aging rules  
Move BLOBs to less expensive tiers of storage based on admin-defined retained versions rules  
Move BLOBs to less expensive tiers of storage based on admin-defined metadata change rules  
Orphaned BLOB Garbage Collection

(Basic )


17. Picking your provider
 Microsoft Gold ISV Partner
 Installed into a Fortune 500 Company
 Track Record
 Gartner Recognition
 Administrator Recognition
 POC!!!!

18. Top 5 Reasons for using RBS
 Rapid content growth
 Performance issues
 Realize cost savings
 Risk mitigation
 Develop a more agile storage strategy

19. Final Goal

20. Q & A

21. Takeaways
 Contact me
@MarksWazza warren@gtconsult.co.za