Re: Re: Storing images

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:01:21 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >--- Kim Steinhaug <kim@steinhaug.com> wrote: >> Well as far as I can see you have 2 options. >> >> a) Store them directly on disc >> b) Store them in a database (eg. mySQL) >> >> I would think that a) is the best way without doubt > >I usually take this option myself, but when you are creating an >application to run on a large cluster of servers, option b is the better >choice in many cases. It eliminates having to maintain server affininty >with your load balancer or having to replicate the data among all the >servers. My first thought would be to shunt the images sideways to a seperate server, rather than backwards into a database. YMMV, of course. (Weighing in on the original post: images on the filesystem, metadata in the database. Of course, it all depends on the application - it's a piece-of-string question.)