I think the main thing in the end is the scope of the project and personal preference.
If the site will maintain heavy load, especially the images section, then you may want to consider a file server for uploads and just store the filename with your record. This can take the strain off a possible i/o bottleneck on the database communication. My personal preference is: - App Server - File Server - Database Server You can argue pros and cons for all the approaches, but at the end of the day you gotta go with what gets the job done -for you-. Also no one in here has brought up the ickle of being a govt. contractor and all the -crazy- stuff that goes along with that aspect of standing gear up as well ;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301932 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
