StoragePoint 6.4 - SharePoint Upgrade using Metalogix Solutions (2016 to 2019)

Name	Description
SharePoint	Microsofts enterprise collaboration and document management system. SharePoint will be both the source and the target of the migration efforts.
SharePoint Web Front End (WFE)	One or more web servers that host the SharePoint Web Application.
Storage	The storage system(s)\location(s) to which the BLOBs will be externalized.
StoragePoint	The RBS BLOB externalization engine.
StoragePoint Storage Adapter	The configurable adapter for connecting to the specific Storage component.

The items described below will appear throughout this document. Its important that these items are well understood.

Name	Definition
Migration Job	The operational information for a migration including the instructions for performing the job, the configuration, and any history information for a previous run.
Migration Source	The environment from which the content that is to be migrated will originate.
Migration Target	The destination environment for the content that is to be migrated.
BLOB	Binary Large Object.
RBS	Collectively, the technologies used within SharePoint to externalize content.
Storage Endpoint	The information that describes the configuration for a particular location where content will be externalized to, including the type of system, the storage adapter used, the connection and path information and any required active endpoint monitoring requirements.
Storage Profile	The configuration for defining the SharePoint scope of what should be externalized and how (using which Storage Endpoint).