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.
SQL Server Remote Blob Storage (RBS) Credential Store Symmetric Key Rotation
The SQL Server team would like to advise RBS admins on security procedures for rotating the...
Date: 02/23/2016
Fixing RBS/Provider version mismatch issues
The problem Release of a new RBS library will cause the providers developed with older version to...
Date: 09/23/2010
RBS Security Model
RBS stores blob data in external blob stores which often use a differing security method from SQL...
Date: 08/05/2010
RBS Filestream Provider Small Blob Optimization Settings
The RBS Filestream Provider has a number of configuration options designed to ensure optimal read...
Date: 03/31/2010
Running RBS Maintainer
We are getting some questions on this through this blog and our codeplex site and I thought that...
Date: 03/19/2010
Multiple Blob Stores in RBS – Defaults and Explicit Store Selection
Recently I got a question on how a blob store is chosen for storing new blobs when multiple blob...
Date: 01/04/2010
SQL Server Remote BLOB Store and FILESTREAM feature comparison
With the recent refresh of the RBS Feature Pack a brief comparison between RBS and the SQL Server...
Date: 11/18/2009
Remote Blob Storage November CTP Refresh Available
The SQL Server 2008 R2 November Community Technology Preview Feature Pack is available for download...
Date: 11/13/2009
SQL Server 2008 R2 Remote Blob Store August CTP Available
Updated RBS Packages are available as part of the SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP release. This...
Date: 08/14/2009
Exceptions to be Thrown by BlobStore Implementations
I recently got a question on what Exceptions a BlobStore implementation should throw and this blog...
Date: 09/29/2008
Provider Specific Configuration Keys
When developing a provider it's possible to create provider specific configuration keys that...
Date: 09/23/2008
RBS BlobId Columns in Application Tables - Registering and Indexing
I recently got a question on RBS BlobId columns needing to have an index. This blog post expands on...
Date: 08/18/2008
RBS Garbage Collection Settings and Rationale
I recently got a question on RBS Garbage Collection settings and their usage. So I decided to write...
Date: 08/08/2008
RBS Introductory Post from Jose Barreto
Jose Barreto, a member of the Storage Solutions Division Team here at Microsoft has put together a...
Date: 07/29/2008
BlobId vs BlobReference, Collections
Pradeep just sent out a good description of the differences between an RBS BlobId and BlobReference...
Date: 07/25/2008
RBS Sample Application Released
The latest release on the RBS CodePlex sample site (https://www.codeplex.com/sqlrbs) contains a...
Date: 07/24/2008
Remote Blob Storage RC0 Release
Hi, and welcome to the Remote Blob Storage team blog. This first post is to announce our client...
Date: 07/18/2008