Site Collection Content Database 250GB Limit

Hi All,
i recently read that the supported maximum size of a content Database is 250GB. is this true ? if we want to exceed this limit, is there any way to do that ? if we want to store more than that (1TB+) what can we do?
Thank you!

Hello ,
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Content databases of up to 4 TB are supported when the following requirements are met:
Disk sub-system performance of 0.25 IOPs per GB. 2 IOPs per GB is recommended for optimal performance.
You must have developed plans for high availability, disaster recovery, future capacity, and performance testing.
You should also carefully consider the following factors:
Requirements for backup and restore may not be met by the native SharePoint Server 2013 backup for content databases larger than 200 GB. It is recommended to evaluate and test SharePoint Server 2013 backup and
alternative backup solutions to determine the best solution for your specific environment.
It is strongly recommended to have proactive skilled administrator management of the SharePoint Server 2013 and SQL Server installations.
The complexity of customizations and configurations on SharePoint Server 2013 may necessitate refactoring (or splitting) of data into multiple content databases. Seek advice from a skilled professional architect
and perform testing to determine the optimum content database size for your implementation. Examples of complexity may include custom code deployments, use of more than 20 columns in property promotion, or features listed as not to be used in the over 4 TB
section below.
Refactoring of site collections allows for scale out of a SharePoint Server 2013 implementation across multiple content databases. This permits SharePoint Server 2013 implementations to scale indefinitely. This
refactoring will be easier and faster when content databases are less than 200 GB.
It is suggested that for ease of backup and restore that individual site collections within a content database be limited to 100 GB. For more information, see Site
collection limits.
Please refer below articles:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2011/07/08/paul-andrew-talks-about-new-larger-sharepoint-content-database-size-limits-and-rbs-clarifications.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/pandrew/archive/2011/07/08/announcing-new-larger-content-database-size-limits-and-rbs-clarifications.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787(v=office.15).aspx#ContentDB
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I am just verifying whether my method is a right way to do it.
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Limit
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Number of content databases
500 per farm
Supported
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http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2131832&seqNum=2
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count=0
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at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Credentials.TryExecuteImpersonated(WindowsIdentity wi, ExecuteImpersonatedMethod
method, Boolean dispose)
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dispose)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.CredentialsDelegation.TryExecuteImpersonated(ExecuteImpersonatedMethod
method)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.CreateConnection(Credentials credentials,
ConnectionInfo connectionInfo, Int32 keyLcid, Uri workbookUrl, Boolean auditConnection, SessionId sessionId)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.CreateConnectionAndAddToList(ConnectionRequest
connectionRequest, ExtendedConnectionInfo extendedConnInfo, Credentials credentials, Boolean auditConnection, Int32 keyLcid, ConnectionInfo connectionInfo, ConnectionKey connectionKey, AutoReaderWriterLock autoPoolLock, Connection& connection, ConnectionList&
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dispose)
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method)
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credentials, ExtendedConnectionInfo extendedConnectionInfo, Boolean shouldReportFailure, Boolean auditConnection, Connection& connectionOut). sessionId=1.V24.1916ClMR0rOQ1F8mQPqtil0V90.5.en-US5.en-US73.-0600#0000-04-00-01T03:00:00:0000#+0000#0000-10-00-01T02:00:00:0000#-006036.7dcb49ef-0dc4-45d2-a0f8-4dc0e18a70f41.N,
externalSource=PowerPivot Data
ConnectionInfoManager.InitConnInfoFromOdcFile: ODC File Uri is not valid:
ExternalSource.ExecuteOperation: We exhausted all available connection information. Exception: Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionInfoException:
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at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionInfoManager.GetConnectionInfo(Request request, String
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at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ExternalSource.ExecuteOperation(Request request, ExternalSourceStateInfo externalSourceStateInfo,
ExternalSourceStateInfo prevExternalSourceStateInfo, Int32 index, ConnectionInfoManager connectionInfoManager, ExternalDataScenario scenario, DataOperation dataOperation, Boolean verifyPreOperationConnection), Data Connection Name:
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First, let me start off by saying that I have read every single thread I could find on this subject, such as:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/0c34ca6f-0db1-4d61-a48c-c4704dd86513/currentsitecount-is-zero-in-upgraded-site
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/502459b3-0301-4ac3-bfc4-16ea702bb5bc/empty-site-data-after-mounting-content-database?forum=sharepointadminprevious
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/ec472ed5-4cdd-45ca-a327-ccc34c29c0a4/zero-site-collections-when-restoring-sp2010-content-database?forum=sharepointgeneralprevious
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/c8df1760-275a-43a4-b3fc-cf257c56d8e2/orphaned-entry-in-config-database
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The data is there on the database.
The database name I’m typing is correct.
The version of the db is up to date.
The top level site is set to Exclusion.
Permissions.
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Running psconfig
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I appreciate any thoughts any of you have. I’m stumped!
ElliJ
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http://projectserverpants.wordpress.com/

Holy lots of errors, batman!!
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Error           : True
UpgradeBlocking : False
Message         : Assembly [Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.PWA,Version=12.0.0.
                  0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c] is referen
                  ced in the database [STS_FSHAREPTP01_1], but is not installed
                   on the current farm. Please install any feature/solution whi
                  ch contains this assembly.
Remedy          : One or more assemblies are referenced in the database [STS_FS
                  HAREPTP01_1], but are not installed on the current farm. Plea
                  se install any feature or solution which contains these assem
                  blies.
I guess the question now is - how do we get it to upgrade ALL of the site collections and sites? I'm actually pretty sure I can figure it out from here, that test was a huge help, thanks!

Site collection in a particular content database

How can we make sure to create a site collection in a particular content database?
Arun Prakash

Hi Arun,
There is no direct option from SharePoint UI to select content database while creating Site collection, However you can do that using power shell .. here is the code..
$url = "http://test/sites/Communities"
$ContentDatabase = "OSCommunities_Content"
$WebsiteName = "Communities"
$WebsiteDesc = "Communities site"
$Template = "STS#1"
$PrimaryLogin = "domain\abg-spprodadmin"
$PrimaryDisplay = "admin"
$PrimaryEmail = "[email protected]"
New-SPSite -Url $url –ContentDatabase $ContentDatabase -Name $WebsiteName –Description $WebsiteDesc -Template $Template -OwnerAlias $PrimaryLogin –OwnerEmail $PrimaryEmail

Alerts are not working for Site collections in a content database

Hi,
We have been into a strange issue that alerts are not working for site collections from a particular content database. When user subscribed for the alerts, they are getting mail about their subscription but not after that for any new items/documents added
or changes happen in the list/document library.
We have tried with Immediate as well as scheduled alerts both are not working.
FYI, Alerts for all other site collections from different content database for the same web application are working without any issues.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ramkumar

Looks like an Timer job Issue for your web application. Can you please check if these jobs are enabled and check error log for the alerts Timer jobs .Check whether the "Immediate Alerts" job is enabled for your web application.
job-immediate-alerts
job-daily-alerts
job-weekly-alerts
Please check this wiki -
Troubleshooting Steps for SharePoint Alert Email Does Not Go Out
Thanks
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Mismatch between the Content Database size and the total of each site collection' storage used.

Hi All,
Environment: SharePoint 2010 with SP2.
Issue: One of the Content databases size in our farm shows 200 GB as used. There are 25 site collections in the DB and we counted
the total storage used of all site collections in that Content DB and is not more than 40 GB. (used "enumsites" command and counted the each sitecollections storage used).
What actions/troubleshooting were done?
Ran one script which will find the actual size of site collection and how much space used in the disk. But didn’t find major difference in the report.
Checked “Deleted from end user recycle bin “in all the site collections and no major storage is noticed.
Planning to Detach the problematic Content DB and attach ,will check whether any major effect is there
Why the Content DB shows 200 GB as used when the total storage used of all site collections is just 40 GB.
Appreciate suggestions from any one.
Best Regards,
Pavan Kumar Sapara.
s p kumar

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
As there is only 20 MB of unallocated space for the above said DB, SQL DB team informed that they cannot perform the DB shrink at this moment.
So we are thinking to Offload all the site collections to other new DB and then will Drop the problematic database. In this way we can overcome the
issue.
Answer for your queries.
Are the mismatched sizes causing an issue? Are you short on diskspace for DB storage or SQL backups?
No, there is no issue with the mismatched sizes. We are not on short on disk space. We just worried why it occupies that much size(200 GB) when
the total storage used of all site collections in that DB is 40 GB.
Best Regards,
Pavan Kumar Sapara.
s p kumar

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