What is a Filestream in SQL Server?

What is the difference between Filestream and FileTable?

FileStream and FileTable are features of SQL Server for storing unstructured data in SQL Server alongside other data. The FileStream feature stores unstructured data in the file system and keeps a pointer of the data in the database, whereas FileTable extends this feature even further allowing non-transactional access.

Is Filestream enabled SQL Server?

Enabling FILESTREAM Right-click the instance, and then click Properties. In the SQL Server Properties dialog box, click the FILESTREAM tab. Select the Enable FILESTREAM for Transact-SQL access check box. If you want to read and write FILESTREAM data from Windows, click Enable FILESTREAM for file I/O streaming access.

What are advantages of Filestream?

Overall, the main advantages of using FILESTREAM over other options are: Storage and retrieval of BLOBs is made together with relational data in a single data store. Yes, the BLOBs are included in database backups and restores.

What is the Filestream share?

Sign in to vote. That share is used for the FILESTREAM feature, which is new for SQL Server 2008. It lets you store documents in the file system, and have SQL Server 2008 be able to access them and manage them almost as if they were stored inside the database.