>>I wouldn't say that there's no advantage. Having one database with all the image data could easily be used by two or more servers.
You can do exactly the same with just files in the servers directory system. >> The best solution imho, albeit the largest disk space, would be to have images stored in the database with caching provided by the file system. Then you would have the images read from the database and cached in the file system? So why not simply put them in the file system from the begining? >>This way, you have your source code backup and you have your database backup. The file system also has back up. >>you don't also have to have an image folder backup also. Folders and files back up can much more efficient than database backup. Intelligent system will back up only files that have been modified. Database back up are most of the time not that selective. Many people beleive that database are some sort of panacea that can handle everything. Don't forget that a file system is a much more efficient database system than any other, when only files and not their content is involved. -- _______________________________________ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:224889 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
