I would recommend storing a link to the file rather than the file itself. Other than that, use BLOBS. I would probably recommend not storing any binary objects in a database for a variety of reasons but if you have to then bytea will work, assuming they are smaller than 2gb.
Thanks, - Ben On Wed, Dec 15, 2021, 4:41 PM Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 02:45:15PM -0300, Estevan Rech wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I don't currently use PostgreSQL, but I plan to migrate and I have a > question > > about the best way/strategy for storing images. I have about 2 million > images > > with a growth trend of around 1 million images per year. I plan to store > in > > bytea format in an isolated table. Is this recommended? Is there another > better > > way? > > You might want to read this: > > https://momjian.us/main/blogs/pgblog/2020.html#June_19_2020 > > -- > Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us > EDB https://enterprisedb.com > > If only the physical world exists, free will is an illusion. > > > >
