Re: [PHP] Re: Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?
itoctopus wrote:
I have tried both, and I tell you that I really felt that the filesystem is
a more convenient way of doing it.
I have to agree, filesystems were after all designed to store files. I
reckon reading a file from disk is much quicker than reading from a
database, maybe only fractionaly though.
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Re: [PHP] Re: Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?
On 5/22/07, clive [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: itoctopus wrote: I have tried both, and I tell you that I really felt that the filesystem is a more convenient way of doing it. I have to agree, filesystems were after all designed to store files. I reckon reading a file from disk is much quicker than reading from a database, maybe only fractionaly though. -- Regards, Clive. Real Time Travel Connections Ok, and what about Security etc? We only talk about speed here. Databases are username password protected. Files stored at the filesystem are unprotected. If you server files directly from the filesystem through Apache, without interaction of PHP you might end up with people uploading all kind of hacks. For example if they upload PHP files, and they get served directly, then the PHP code will probably be executed. Also, if you end up with a lot of files on one big disk (also for RAID 0), it would result in slow speeds for finding the actual data on the disk. Read operations are faster, but for small files, a database would be faster. This is probably not for your project, as you're files are little bit larger. [Please, don't ask for benchmarks of above statement.] Tijnema -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?
On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 11:00 +0200, clive wrote: itoctopus wrote: I have tried both, and I tell you that I really felt that the filesystem is a more convenient way of doing it. I have to agree, filesystems were after all designed to store files. I reckon reading a file from disk is much quicker than reading from a database, maybe only fractionaly though. And databases were created to relate data. So if you're image is related to something, then it follows using your naive logic, that the image belongs in the database. It just so happens that database data usually resides on the filesystem, and thus your logical argument is still met. Thus, continuing to follow along this pendantic semantic path, it makes more sense that the image be in the database since more requirements are fulfilled. As I'm sure you can see, this logic has holes in it :) Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the process of adding a part to my website which would include pictures, pdf files, txt files, and excel files. The files sizes could be anywhere on average of 100k to 2mb. Do you think I should be uploading the files to a MySQL database or to my server? I have head that there are pros and cons to both, but have never really received a definitive answer that helps much. I appreciate all your opinions on the pros and cons of both. benc11, I store most of my data in both. when i do image processing i usually upload the image, store the original in the database, process the image into its subsequent sizes or resolutions and store them on the file system. If the images get lost on the file system or my application can not find them I have the original stored in the db for reprocessing. I store files other than images, PDF DOC etc... in the database and on the file system. i serve the document from the file system because regardless of the thread of conversation it is in my experience that 99% of the time it is faster to do so. if its not found i know i have a fall back in that it is also stored in the database so i serve that. Sure my method uses more storage space, but I sleep at night knowing I have added redundancy. Kind regards, Jonathan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?
Best of both worlds may be SQLite. ZEND has a nice article on the subject. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the process of adding a part to my website which would include pictures, pdf files, txt files, and excel files. The files sizes could be anywhere on average of 100k to 2mb. Do you think I should be uploading the files to a MySQL database or to my server? I have head that there are pros and cons to both, but have never really received a definitive answer that helps much. I appreciate all your opinions on the pros and cons of both. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?
I have tried both, and I tell you that I really felt that the filesystem is a more convenient way of doing it. -- itoctopus - http://www.itoctopus.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I am in the process of adding a part to my website which would include pictures, pdf files, txt files, and excel files. The files sizes could be anywhere on average of 100k to 2mb. Do you think I should be uploading the files to a MySQL database or to my server? I have head that there are pros and cons to both, but have never really received a definitive answer that helps much. I appreciate all your opinions on the pros and cons of both. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
