On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Emi Lu <emilu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A question about saving PDF (size around 160kb) into postgresql large object > columns vs. saving into a directory. > > May I know the performance differences? Pros and crons please? > > Each year, 20 new pdfs will be saved into DB (each around 160KB). > Just store them in bytea fields. No need for large objects at all. We store images this way, and put a CDN in front of the web server that pulls them from the DB, so the DB is rarely hit for such things. The benefit of having everything managed within a single transaction to the DB is worth the complexity of having the CDN. Seeing as you only have about 20 per year, that's just a no-brainer to store them in the DB. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general