Re: [PHP] Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?

2007-05-21 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sun, May 20, 2007 10:43 pm, Robert Cummings wrote: > On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 20:35 -0500, Greg Donald wrote: >> On 5/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[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 fil

Re: [PHP] Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?

2007-05-21 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sun, May 20, 2007 8:16 pm, [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 M

Re: [PHP] Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?

2007-05-20 Thread Larry Garfield
On Sunday 20 May 2007, Robert Cummings wrote: > On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 23:11 -0500, Larry Garfield wrote: > > A well-optimized and load balanced database-based setup will beat a badly > > configured file system setup, sure. But will it beat a well-optimized > > and load balanced file system setup?

Re: [PHP] Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?

2007-05-20 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 23:11 -0500, Larry Garfield wrote: > A well-optimized and load balanced database-based setup will beat a badly > configured file system setup, sure. But will it beat a well-optimized and > load balanced file system setup? I would be very surprised. > > Really, it comes do

Re: [PHP] Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?

2007-05-20 Thread Larry Garfield
A well-optimized and load balanced database-based setup will beat a badly configured file system setup, sure. But will it beat a well-optimized and load balanced file system setup? I would be very surprised. Really, it comes down to this, assuming you know what you're doing either way. Using

Re: [PHP] Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?

2007-05-20 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 20:35 -0500, Greg Donald wrote: > On 5/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[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

Re: [PHP] Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?

2007-05-20 Thread Greg Donald
On 5/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[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 d

Re: [PHP] Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?

2007-05-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks Rich. The files are not going to be downloaded all that often and the overall traffic is relatively low. However, as with probably everyone I am hoping and expecting big increases in traffic. I currently run most of my site off LAMP. My main concerns as you mentioned is using memory/CPU

Re: [PHP] Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?

2007-05-20 Thread Richard Davey
Hi benc11, Monday, May 21, 2007, 2:16:19 AM, you 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