Hi Wade, Thanks for taking time to decipher my posting. Yes I figures that a DB would be better than a flat file. All of the image will have meta data to search on in the DB. The result will show a thumbnail and link to the larger image. I read some where that windows folders on FAT32 are something like 65,534 and on NTFS are 4,294,967,295 files on a folder or folders in a folder. I cannot find anything on linux though. Some say theoretical 10 to the 18 power.
Sincerely, Mike -- Mike Brandonisio * IT Planning & Support Tech One Illustration * Database Applications tel (630) 759-9283 * e-Commerce [EMAIL PROTECTED] * www.techoneillustration.com On May 23, 2007, at 7:23 AM, Wade Smart wrote: > 04232007 0716 GMT-6 DST > > A db is much faster than a flat file for searching. > I dont know the whole deal with your client but, if they have a > site for > uploading images by a end user then Im guessing there needs to be some > key words that go along with it like 72Porsche911T24.jpg - 1972, > Porsche, 2.4 engine, T model, red color,..... something that a end > user > can search on. > > Ah, though if I reread your reply, you might be asking about the > performance issue of a blob over a image in a folder and a path in the > db. > > The db with a path name is faster - I would think. I dont have any > other > performance data on this but, just my own experience on creating this > same thing, the path way is just text and that keeps your overall db > size down low. That alone makes it faster. > > Wade > > On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 19:25 -0500, Mike Brandonisio wrote: >> Hi Wade, >> >> Thanks. Have you heard of any performance issue with thousands of >> images in one folder on linux vs. windows. There will be one admin. >> This is strictly for searching for the stored images. >> >> Sincerely, >> Mike > > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: php-list@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
