Hello, I'm new to providing image content online and I need to take the right approach early in my development to avoid any significant performance or storage hits later on. I'm using Ruby on Rails to provide large image content on my website. However, I'm not sure if I should store images on server or in database for faster retrieval. The images that will be saved are uploaded by website visitors. I tried finding content online on this subject and I've come across the three approaches of: * Storing images as binary in the database. * Storing only the URL of the images that point to the file system actual image on the server. * Dynamically build the URL (relative path) of the images that are saved on the file system under the server.
I would greatly appreciate if you can provide me with your professional advice on this topic or direct me to good resources where I can read further on that subject. Thanks, SS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
