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Content database limits
| Limit | Maximum value |
|---|---|
| Number of content databases | 500 per farm |
| Content database size (general usage scenarios) | 200 GB per content database |
| Content database size (all usage scenarios) | 4 TB per content database |
| Content database size (document archive scenario) | No explicit content database limit |
SharePoint Server 2019 supports 100TB of data for all content databases per farm.
What’s the limit for RBS in SharePoint?
Short answer, the quote above does say RBS and the content database must not exceed the limit. Not just the content DB when RBS is used. Database size is such a gray area with SharePoint. MS’s recommendation of 200GB is to ease the maintenance of the database.
What’s the size limit for RBS in MS?
MS recommends a 200 GB size limit for each content DB. The article you mentioned is baddy wording the recommendation. RBS is a remedy to content DBs growing extremely large. Using RBS, will allow you to move the unstructured data (BLOBs) out of the content DBs.
Is there a limit to the size of a content database?
The size of a content database can have an impact on the performance of the system. As a general “rule of thumb”, you should not allow content databases to grow beyond 200 GB. If you are using Remote BLOB Storage (RBS), the total volume of remote BLOB storage and metadata in the content database should not exceed this limit.
Database size is such a gray area with SharePoint. MS’s recommendation of 200GB is to ease the maintenance of the database. “Content databases exceeding 200 GB and up to 4 TB support much of the same flexibility as content databases <200 GB.