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I want to build a front end for some images of about 30GB right now and expected to increase. The images are to be displayed according to who stored them and should be able to be shared, tagged and searched. For that I am making a mySQL database for the images first. I wanted to ask if it is a good idea to make a database in mySQL of images worth 30GB ( expected to increase) or make the front end without using a database ?
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Khanjan
I'd definitely use a DB for the front end. However, I wouldn't store the images themselves in the DB. Just store the file name and directory where each one is stored. A similar discussion can be found here [webmasterworld.com].
[edited by: LifeinAsia at 11:23 pm (utc) on Dec. 15, 2008]
