topic Does SMSP Require SQL database sitting on NetApp SAN in Data Protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Does-SMSP-Require-SQL-database-sitting-on-NetApp-SAN/m-p/72473#M8045 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You will not be able to create backups using SMSP, because you need NetApp LUNs. But I think just implementing the NetApp BLOB provider could work.</P><P></P><P>But why do you want to pay for the full suite and use only a tiny portion of it?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:40:35 GMT pascalduk 2011-11-07T06:40:35Z Does SMSP Require SQL database sitting on NetApp SAN https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Does-SMSP-Require-SQL-database-sitting-on-NetApp-SAN/m-p/72468#M8044 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I want to use SMSP RBS provider to move BLOB out of SharePoint 2010 SQL Server database to a NetApp FAS3240.</P><P></P><P>The problem is the FAS3240 is only configured as a NAS not SAN, means that can only be used to store the BLOB file.</P><P></P><P>Our SQL database will be configured to use HP 3PAR SAN storage to store the data base file. </P><P></P><P>I am curious to know whether SMSP support this kind of conifguration or not?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:41:52 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Does-SMSP-Require-SQL-database-sitting-on-NetApp-SAN/m-p/72468#M8044 SHAWN_YE2 2025-06-05T06:41:52Z Does SMSP Require SQL database sitting on NetApp SAN https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Does-SMSP-Require-SQL-database-sitting-on-NetApp-SAN/m-p/72473#M8045 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You will not be able to create backups using SMSP, because you need NetApp LUNs. But I think just implementing the NetApp BLOB provider could work.</P><P></P><P>But why do you want to pay for the full suite and use only a tiny portion of it?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:40:35 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Does-SMSP-Require-SQL-database-sitting-on-NetApp-SAN/m-p/72473#M8045 pascalduk 2011-11-07T06:40:35Z