Both Insight and Insight XT provide support for external Binary Large Object (BLOB) storage.

SharePoint manages two types of data:

• Structured — metadata

• Unstructured — file data

Often a large portion of data in a SharePoint deployment is unstructured, binary data which can impact SharePoint performance. External BLOB storage is the best solution. It enables the database administrator to store large amounts of unstructured data externally rather than directly on the SQL server.

The following storage solutions have been tested with Solid Edge ST5 and SharePoint 2010:

• Metalogix StoragePoint

  • External BLOB Storage (EBS)

  • Remote BLOB Storage (RBS)

There are no Insight Server or Solid Edge configuration requirements with Metalogix StoragePoint.