RBS Versus EBS
As mentioned, EBS was an earlier attempt by Microsoft in SharePoint 2007 SP1 to help customers externalize their BLOBs. However, EBS was hard to implement and had some limitations. Microsoft introduced EBS as an immediate help, and it was designed in a way that it is an evolutionary approach in that administrators can move to RBS later. EBS will continue to be supported for SharePoint 2010, but it is on the deprecation list, which means its support will end in a future release of SharePoint. Microsoft recommends using RBS in SharePoint 2010 not only because EBS is on the deprecation list but also because RBS is more powerful and maintainable. Table 9.1 illustrates some of the advantages of RBS over EBS.
Table 9.1. Comparison of ...
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