StorageEdge optimizes SharePoint storage by moving all docs/BLOBs out of the database with EBS/RBS and therefore reducing the database size to manageable levels. And, it lowers your storage cost by archiving SharePoint docs to cheaper storage. And, it significantly improves SharePoint performance by caching its BLOBs and lists.
2. Founded in California in 1996 Experts in enterprise applications in Java, C++, and .NET Became Alachisoft in 2003 (product company) Impressive growth from profitable and revenue-funded model Headquarters: San Francisco Bay Area 2400 Camino Ramon, Suite 165, San Ramon, CA 94583 Alachisoft Company History www.alachisoft.com
3. Annual Maintenance & Support Free upgrades for 1 year Email & telephone based support 24x7 Support Email & telephone based support Professional Services StorageEdge Configuration Training: for your IT staff Cache Integration: into your existing apps Supporting our customers www.alachisoft.com
4. SharePoint heavily uses SQL Server Tera Bytes of BLOBs in content DB in SQL server SQL Server is inefficient for BLOB management Expensive Storage increases your storage cost Database Backup issues SharePoint storage issues
5. Blob Externalization Reduces Content database size by 95% Improves SharePoint application Performance Reduces cost by archiving Blobs on multiple storage tiers Improved Backup and Restore Distributed cache for Blobs, Lists & Session State Improves SharePoint Performance and Scalability Reduces load on the database Benefits of StorageEdge www.alachisoft.com
6. SharePoint based Interface (COM) Supported with 2007 and 2010 Blob externalization with EBS www.alachisoft.com
7. SQL Server 2008 based Interface (Managed Code) Microsoft RBS Provider must be installed on each WFE Server. MS File Stream provider is very basic. Only allows 4 GB database size Externalize only to local storage Blob Externalization with RBS www.alachisoft.com
8. StorageEdge Multi tier archiving with RBS Single Tier is expensive Tera Bytes of BLOBs require huge memory Difficult to manage in one location www.alachisoft.com
9. StorageEdge features Blobs retention policy: Specify at each tier the data it should hold Specify at each tier the data it should archive Document Archiving: document version based document age based Encryption: for security on multiple tiers e.g. cloud storage GUID based file names to protect your privacy in cloud Data Organization: Sharepoint folders Auto created folders Bandwidth Throttling Control Bandwidth usage for every job in time slices Compression Save memory and bandwidth www.alachisoft.com
11. Caching Features JavaScript, CSS and Image Sprites Provider models – no code change Compact and combine images, JavaScript files, and CSS files Faster page loading Cache Asp.net Sessions & ViewState Provider models – no code change Inproc Session state problems Distribute Session State across all WFE servers Cache heavy ViewState and improve your application performance. Cache SharePoint Lists & Blobs SharePoint stores most of the content as Blobs & List e.g. document libraries, calendars, contact lists, picture libraries Caching most frequently used Lists improves performance Refresh these lists with expiration
Editor's Notes
StorageEdge is a.Net Enterprise application for SharePoint storage optimization. It supports both SharePoint 2007 and 2010. In our today’s presentation we will discuss the storage and performance problems for SharePoint application and we will see how we can resolve them using StorageEdge.
Here is a brief history of our company, we started off as a consulting firm in 1996 in California. We became a product company in 2003.
If you purchase StorageEdge, we have an Annual Maintenance and Support Model. There is an optional 24/7 support model as well. We do provide professional services regarding StorageEdge configurations/training if you want us to.
Problems of SharePoint with SQL Server :: Why Externalize BLOB SharePoint is a document centric product…it heavily SQL Server for managing BLOBS…. So your database becomes very large… and unmanageable. SQL Server is not efficient in managing BLOBS Inefficient content management Expensive StorageBackup Reduce Content database size by 95% Improve SharePoint application Performance Improve Backup and Restore Reduce Cost
SQL 2008 based Interface (Managed Code)SharePoint 2010 is RBS awareRBS Provider must be installed on each WFE ServerEBSSharePoint based Interface (COM)Supported with 2007 and 2010
