On 2/19/07, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am disagreeing with *serving* images directly from the database. I'm > suggesting the serve path to be: > > Browser <img src="*.gif"> Request -> IIS -> Image File -> IIS -> Browser > Response
Ah. Sounds good. On a really heavy traffic site, I'd want everything in memory, vs. disk. Images- everything. Considering we've got gigs of ram now, it's not impossible. Well, CF can only use 1.5G per instance, but I wonder as to how much CF should be doing anyways. It's memory should be full of objects and stuff, and the webserver's memory should be full of content. I would think, somehow. The question is about storing them, and I think we've all agreed that storing them in the DB makes a LOT of stuff easier. For sure there should be some caching going on in the serving side, but nothing beats manipulating it all via CF and a DB. You do need to take the basic "differentness" of this to heart tho- dedicate a single database (depending on DBMS, etc.-- really you should look at the specs, as this is one thing that you'd probably want to do DB specific) to file storage, or whatnot. Keep it so it's easy to quickly backup specific areas, etc.. This is one sure fire way to have huge DB backup files, and you have to keep that in mind. 'Specially if you try to keep your dev box DB in sync with the active DB. Organization is probably key. =] All said, there are pluses and minuses, but I'd want, in a wonderful world, for my files to be stored in the DB as well. Actually, I'm seriously starting to think about storing a good bit of stuff in a SVN repository. Wooters for SVNkit!!! =] Good stuff, what what! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228373 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
