Can MongoDB be used as a file storage system?

Is MongoDB good for file storage?

Large objects, or "files", are easily stored in MongoDB. It is no problem to store 100MB videos in the database. This has a number of advantages over files stored in a file system. Unlike a file system, the database will have no problem dealing with millions of objects.

Can MongoDB be used as a file system?

GridFS is the MongoDB specification for storing and retrieving large files such as images, audio files, video files, etc. It is kind of a file system to store files but its data is stored within MongoDB collections. GridFS has the capability to store files even greater than its document size limit of 16MB.

Is MongoDB a storage?

The storage engine is the primary component of MongoDB responsible for managing data. MongoDB provides a variety of storage engines, allowing you to choose one most suited to your application. The journal is a log that helps the database recover in the event of a hard shutdown.

Can MongoDB be used as an in-memory cache?

MongoDB is not an in-memory database. Although it can be configured to run that way. But it makes liberal use of cache, meaning data records kept memory for fast retrieval, as opposed to on disk. There is much bad information on StackOverflow about what to do when your server runs out of memory.