Re: scalable web gallery
| From: | mike | Date: | Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:06:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: scalable web gallery | ||
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On 7/10/08, paragasu <paragasu@gmail.com> wrote:
> i am planning to create a web photo gallery. i know there is a lot
> available out there,
> but i really want to create my own. the problem is not about creating
> the photo gallery.
> i want it to be scalable.
>
> the plan is saving the image metadata in the database and keep the
> original files
> in a folder. while it work perfectly, i afraid how many files 1
> directory can keep.
> in 1 year, there going to be more than 1000 photo uploaded or more.
> sure it bring problem
> to maintain thus files.
if this becomes a huge project i'd recommend looking into using mogilefs.