On Tuesday 27 April 2010 5:45:43 pm Anthony wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Cédric Villemain < > > cedric.villemain.debian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > store your files in a filesystem, and keep the path to the file (plus > > metadata, acl, etc...) in database. > > What type of filesystem is good for this? A filesystem with support for > storing tens of thousands of files in a single directory, or should one > play the 41/56/34/41563489.ext game? > > Are there any open source systems which handle keeping a filesystem and > database in sync for this purpose, or is it a wheel that keeps getting > reinvented? > > I know "store your files in a filesystem" is the best long-term solution. > But it's just so much easier to just throw everything in the database. In the for what it is worth department check out this Wiki: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/fuse/index.php?title=DatabaseFileSystems -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
