Atidan Reduces Enterprise Content Storage Size

Atidan, LLC implements and supports Metalogix Software Corp.’s StoragePoint to store unstructured Microsoft SharePoint data or binary large objects (BLOBs) outside of the SQL Server database and onto more flexible and cost effective data storage platforms such as SAN, NAS and cloud platforms.  

Database storage size can be reduced by over 90% and by reducing the burden on the database server organizations can scale their SharePoint infrastructure while reducing overall storage costs.

"Our clients are implementing advanced Digital Asset management solutions utilizing the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 platform," said Advait Chitalia, Vice President, Atidan. "Storing very large videos, pictures, text and documents can become expensive and inefficient. The Metalogix StoragePoint platform provides an intuitive, easy-to-configure and transparent process to the end user and it is efficient to administer."

StoragePoint gives SharePoint Administrators, SQL DBAs, and Storage Architects unparalleled flexibility and control over when, where, why, and how SharePoint content BLOBs (Binary Large Objects) are stored throughout their entire lifecycle including:

• Control When Content is Offloaded
• Control Where Content is Stored
• Control Why Content is Offloaded to One Storage Endpoint or Another
• Control How Content is Offloaded

Benefits of the Metalogix StoragePoint solution:

• Reduce your content database(s) by up to 95%
• Store SharePoint content on virtually any SAN, NAS, or cloud storage platform
• Consolidate SharePoint footprint for easier management
• Increase performance – BLOB I/O is performed at the Web Front End rather than the SQL Server resulting in performance increases, with optional BLOB compression, cloud upload/download is also improved.
• Secure transmission and storage with BLOB encryption (up to 256-bit)
• Shallow copy migration between EBS and RBS profiles
• Endpoint selection by file size or type (i.e. PDF)
• Intelligent Endpoint Management – monitor endpoints for errors or disk capacity thresholds. Generate alerts or take endpoints offline based on management requirements.
• Active Archiving allows the movement of BLOBs from primary to secondary storage based on age, metadata, or retained versions.
• Archive integration with information management policies
• Migrate BLOBs between endpoints without recalling content to the SharePoint database

StoragePoint offers adapters that allow content BLOBs to be stored on specific on-premise and cloud-based storage platforms. Atidan has partnered with cloud storage providers such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Files and Peer1 to provide clients with multiple cloud storage options.