http://blogs.msdn.com/b/briangre/archive/2012/02/13/blob-size-never-reduces-when-using-rbs-with-sharepoint-2010.aspxSo last week I had a customer let me know that after configuring RBS (remote blob storage) with their SharePoint Server 2010 environment they noticed that the blob size was not reducing after they would delete a document from the SharePoint library. Soen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/briangre/archive/2012/02/13/blob-size-never-reduces-when-using-rbs-with-sharepoint-2010.aspx#10268788Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:06:43 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10268788Casey <p>I like Anon&#39;s comment</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10268788" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/briangre/archive/2012/02/13/blob-size-never-reduces-when-using-rbs-with-sharepoint-2010.aspx#10267685Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:27:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10267685BrianGre<p>Yes, technically it is a SQL issue, but the issue was raised in the context of RBS with SharePoint so that&#39;s where the post came from.. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10267685" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/briangre/archive/2012/02/13/blob-size-never-reduces-when-using-rbs-with-sharepoint-2010.aspx#10267443Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:17:18 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10267443Anon<p>Isn&#39;t this more a SQL issue than a SharePoint issue:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2158702/sql-server-filestream-delete-speed">stackoverflow.com/.../sql-server-filestream-delete-speed</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10267443" width="1" height="1">