On Friday 12 June 2009, Greg Stark <gsst...@mit.edu> wrote: > Also, it makes backups a pain since it's a lot easier to back up a > file system than a database. But that gets back to whether you need > transactional guarantees. The reason it's a pain to back up a database > is precisely because it needs to make those guarantees.
It's far easier to backup and restore a database than millions of small files. Small files = random disk I/O. The real downside is the CPU time involved in storing and retrieving the files. If it isn't a show stopper, then putting them in the database makes all kinds of sense. -- WARNING: Do not look into laser with remaining eye. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
