> Why do you need to store files inside a db ? > not files... but the configuration data and user config. stuff heh... there are so many reasons in an enterprise context... sure would be nice to NOT rely on text files for everything as that is painfully slow in large systems, replication is a requirement in any enterprise system I have ever worked with, load balancing (ties into replication), integration. one of our biggest clients has a solid policy of NOT EVER introducing new user-centric stores (i.e. mailusers.tab)... We even showed them how we used xmail with external auth, but they weren't buying it because they considered that a "middle man" approach which, in reality, is true. its too bad, because i'd love to be able to introduce our enterprise customers to xmail, but it would never fly because of the issues above and a few other things...
