Should Images Be Stored In Database Or Filesystem?

Jun 21, 2007

Hi,



I need some tips regarding some performance issues and it would have been great if someone could provide me with the same. I'm into a project where we need to handle a lot of images dynamically. Images are delivered dynamically as per the users query. You can think of it something like an image search. The technologies used for this project are ASP.Net 2.0, C# and SQL Server 2000. I would like to know if the images should be stored in the database or as files itself. I did a couple of R&D on this and 90% of the places I found that it€™s better to store the images as files. As a final answer to this I thought I'll post this query in this forum. Irrespective of whether the images are stored in the database or as files, the following are some of the key features that I'm looking into (priority wise):



1. Performance - I would like to obtain the maximum performance. Images need to be delivered without

much delay.



2. Security of the data and images.



3. Easy backing up and restoration of the data and images.




It would have been great if someone could provide me with the right solution with supportive answers, so that I would be able to design the project accordingly.




Thanks & Regards,
Frens



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32 <tr>
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38 <tr>
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151 <td>
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153 <td>
154 &nbsp;</td>
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167 </div>
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169
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174 ControlID="TbAddress" />
175 <asp:ControlParameter Name="City" Type="String"
176 ControlID="TbCity" />
177 <asp:ControlParameter Name="State" Type="String"
178 ControlID="DdState" />
179 <asp:ControlParameter Name="ZipCode" Type="String"
180 ControlID="TbZipCode" />
181 <asp:ControlParameter Name="ListPrice" Type="String"
182 ControlID="TbListingPrice" />
183 <asp:ControlParameter Name="Taxes" Type="String"
184 ControlID="TbTaxes" />
185 <asp:ControlParameter Name="Subdivision" Type="String"
186 ControlID="TbSubdivision" />
187 <asp:ControlParameter Name="County" Type="String"
188 ControlID="TbCounty" />
189 <asp:ControlParameter Name="SchoolDistrict" Type="String"
190 ControlID="TbSchoolDistrict" />
191 <asp:ControlParameter Name="Bedrooms" Type="String"
192 ControlID="DdBedrooms" />
193 <asp:ControlParameter Name="Bathrooms" Type="String"
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195 <asp:ControlParameter Name="LivingSpace" Type="String"
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197 <asp:ControlParameter Name="Stories" Type="String"
198 ControlID="DdStories" />
199 <asp:ControlParameter Name="BuildingStyle" Type="String"
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201 <asp:ControlParameter Name="YearBuilt" Type="String"
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203 <asp:ControlParameter Name="Basement" Type="String"
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205 <asp:ControlParameter Name="Heating" Type="String"
206 ControlID="DdHeating" />
207 <asp:ControlParameter Name="Cooling" Type="String"
208 ControlID="DdCooling" />
209
210 <asp:ControlParameter Name="FileUpload1" Type="String"
211 ControlID="FileUpload1" />
212 <asp:ControlParameter Name="FileUpload2" Type="String"
213 ControlID="FileUpload2" />
214 <asp:ControlParameter Name="FileUpload3" Type="String"
215 ControlID="FileUpload3" />
216
217
218 </InsertParameters>
219
220 </asp:SqlDataSource>
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2 Partial Class mylistings
3 Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
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6 SqlDataSource1.Insert()
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8 TbCity.Text = ""
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11 TbListingPrice.Text = ""
12 TbTaxes.Text = ""
13 TbSubdivision.Text = ""
14 TbCounty.Text = ""
15 TbSchoolDistrict.Text = ""
16 DdBedrooms.Text = ""
17 DdBathrooms.Text = ""
18 TbLivingSpace.Text = ""
19 DdStories.Text = ""
20 TbBuildingStyle.Text = ""
21 TbYearBuilt.Text = ""
22 DdBasement.Text = ""
23 DdHeating.Text = ""
24 DdCooling.Text = ""
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26
27
28
29 Response.Redirect(Request.Url.ToString(), False) ' will include the querystring
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I have recently designed and built my first database using SQL server 2005 express. I have included an image (BLOB) column in one of the database tables. This is a bad idea according to some experts, and some say it is OK!


I am currently carrying out a trial with just 3 pictures via Visual Basic 2005 express forms, and there is no problem so far as the images are displayed for each record. But I anticipate between 300 - 1000 images for the table, and this could pose real problems for SQL server 2005 express and Visual Basic 2005 express, I guess.


I have just been reading that the cost of storing large images in the database is too high! I have also read it's better to store images (BLOB) into the file system because it is cheaper to store them no matter how many there are.


But the question is how I can reference an image in this path: C:PictureProductGrocery0052745.jpg in the database table, so that when I select a record Visual Basic 2005 forms the image is displayed accordingly, similar as when stored directly in the database table? Your help very much appreciated.

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