If you're looking for a rule of thumb, I generally
work by
"Large size, small volume of files" = BFILE
"Small size, large volume of files" = BLOB
basically on the premise that databases are great for
handling large volumes of small pieces of data, and
file systems are good for a small volume of large
pieces of data
hth
connor
--- "Yttri, Lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi
everyone -
>
> I'm looking for some information based on your
> experiences. We have an
> application that has large objects to store. They
> are wondering which way
> would be better - to store them as BLOBs within the
> database, or as bfiles
> outside the database. My instincts tell me BLOBs
> would be better, but I
> have no actual facts to base this on.
>
> Does anyone have any information or know of any
> documentation I could review
> that might help define the differences - re. coding
> programs to access the
> objects, performance, administration, etc.?
>
> Thanks -
> Lisa
>
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