StorageEdge for SharePoint optimizes SharePoint storage and performance. It externalizes all BLOBs from SharePoint content database and reduces the database size by 95%.
2. File Share Linker
• For compliance, StorageEdge can now store
copies of BLOBs and their metadata outside
the database. Users can specify the retention
policies as to how long to keep the archived
BLOBs and when to delete.
3. Archiving for Compliance
• This feature was not there in the previous
version. StorageEdge provides the four types
of structure for saving BLOBs which are, Flat
Hierarchy Auto Create Folders with limited
number of files per folder, use SharePoint
Folder Names and use SharePoint File Names
(by adding the actual file name with its GUID)
4. Asynchronous BLOB Writing
• To reduce the latency while writing BLOBs to
cloud storages, users can opt to
asynchronously upload files. This will write
BLOBs to staging devices from where they will
be uploaded asynchronously to the cloud
storage.
5. Database Mirroring
• If SharePoint content database is mirrored,
StorageEge automatically starts using the
failover database server if primary server is
down or inaccessible. Similarly, StorageEdge
BLOB store database can also be configured
for SQL mirroring.
6. Storage Pools
• Each tier in an Externalizer and Archiver
profile is associated with a storage pool which
can have one or more storage devices. More
devices can added to a storage pool at any
time.
7. Filtering Policies
• Following new filtering policies are added.
• Creation Date Filters
• List Based Filters
• Modification Date Filters
8. Consistency Check Job
• Consistency check job makes sure that the
BLOB references on content database,
StorageEdge configuration database and
external store are consistent with each other.
This inconsistency can be produced as a result
of restoring SharePoint site and databases
from backups