Over the holiday break I spent quite a bit of time trying to get a real good handle on exactly how SharePoint 2010 and RBS interact in order to externalize content to a BLOB store.  As part of that effort, I implemented the CodePlex RBS Provider as an exercise to learn more about the roles of SQL Server 2008, the RBS Framework, and SharePoint 2010. So why would you want to try out this exercise?  Well, there are some limitations to the FILESTREAM provider.  First, it only works with local volumes on the SQL Server.  So if you want to store...

So I've been spending the last month or so disecting the RBS framework in SharePoint 2010.  I've already succeeded in enabling the CodePlex RBS example provider in SP2010.  I'm sure I'll be posting a "how to" on that in the coming weeks. But I'm also cooking something else.  The CodePlex RBS SP2010 example is the foundation for an RBS Deep Dive session that I'm assembling for the SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference in London.  I'm currently scheduled to speak on Wednesday (4/21/2010). The session will have just a few overview slides on the concepts of RBS and how RBS affects scalable architecture and then I'll...