Why you should not store files in database?

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Performance can be better than doing it in db. To justify this, If you store large files in db then it may slow down the performance because a simple query to retrieve the list of files or filename will also load the file data if you used Select * in your query. 28 февр. 2017 г.

Is it a good idea to store files in DB?

Also, keep in mind that Web servers are cheap and you can easily add more to balance the load, whereas the database is the most expensive and hardest to scale part of a web architecture usually. There are some opposite examples (e.g., Microsoft Sharepoint), but usually, storing files in the database is not a good idea.

Can we store file in DB?

FILESTREAM has been introduced by Microsoft in 2008. The purpose was to store and manage unstructured files more effectively. Before FILESTREAM was introduced, the following approaches were used to store the data in SQL server: Unstructured files can be stored in the VARBINARY or IMAGE column of a SQL Server table.

Why is it better to store data in a database rather than in the file system?

Privacy: Limited access means privacy of data. Easy access to data – Database systems manages data in such a way so that the data is easily accessible with fast response times. Easy recovery: Since database systems keeps the backup of data, it is easier to do a full recovery of data in case of a failure.

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