SQL Remote Blob Storage Team Blog

Remote Blob Storage (RBS) is a library API set that is designed to move storage of large binary data (BLOBs) from Microsoft SQL Server to external storage solutions.

The SQL Server team would like to advise RBS admins on security procedures for rotating the...

Date: 02/23/2016

The problem Release of a new RBS library will cause the providers developed with older version to...

Date: 09/23/2010

RBS stores blob data in external blob stores which often use a differing security method from SQL...

Date: 08/05/2010

The RBS Filestream Provider has a number of configuration options designed to ensure optimal read...

Date: 03/31/2010

We are getting some questions on this through this blog and our codeplex site and I thought that...

Date: 03/19/2010

Recently I got a question on how a blob store is chosen for storing new blobs when multiple blob...

Date: 01/04/2010

With the recent refresh of the RBS Feature Pack a brief comparison between RBS and the SQL Server...

Date: 11/18/2009

The SQL Server 2008 R2 November Community Technology Preview Feature Pack is available for download...

Date: 11/13/2009

Updated RBS Packages are available as part of the SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP release. This...

Date: 08/14/2009

I recently got a question on what Exceptions a BlobStore implementation should throw and this blog...

Date: 09/29/2008

When developing a provider it's possible to create provider specific configuration keys that...

Date: 09/23/2008

I recently got a question on RBS BlobId columns needing to have an index. This blog post expands on...

Date: 08/18/2008

I recently got a question on RBS Garbage Collection settings and their usage. So I decided to write...

Date: 08/08/2008

Jose Barreto, a member of the Storage Solutions Division Team here at Microsoft has put together a...

Date: 07/29/2008

Pradeep just sent out a good description of the differences between an RBS BlobId and BlobReference...

Date: 07/25/2008

The latest release on the RBS CodePlex sample site (https://www.codeplex.com/sqlrbs) contains a...

Date: 07/24/2008

Hi, and welcome to the Remote Blob Storage team blog. This first post is to announce our client...

Date: 07/18/2008