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sasan_vm
Yak Posting Veteran

51 Posts

Posted - 2012-03-06 : 09:44:17
Hello,

I have a table in database with BLOB field (IMAGE) , table rows daily increase and database size growth for blob field.
I think large database size decrease query performance. What is best solution for this scenario ?

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sasan.vm

Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2012-03-06 : 10:38:21
We store images on the filesystem, rather than in the database (we store only the path + filename in the database).

But we therefore don't have atomic management of images, which may be important to you?

If not I think that storing images in DB is a huge waste of resources! On the filesystem incremental backup of image files (which probably never/rarely change) is easier to manage than having huge database sizes.
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DoctorDude100
Starting Member

3 Posts

Posted - 2012-03-06 : 12:15:29
Have U considered utilizing FILESTREAM instead of Blob?

Hope this can help you make a better decision:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb933993.aspx


The Dude
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