On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Mike Copeland <[email protected]> wrote:
> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [NF] M$ SQL Server Remote Blob Store > From: Ken Dibble <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 3/14/2014 7:22 PM > >> >> >>> Sometimes you get a disconnect in this situation. >>> Have seen this where too many documents were in the folder. None could be >>> found but they were all there. >>> >> >> I have seen mp3 files magically disappear and reappear on NTFS in a >> folder containing about 2000 files. I look for them and can't find them, >> and so I try to replace them and I'm asked if I want to overwrite them. I >> look again and now they are there. Oddly, it can happen with several >> similarly named files. The other day about a half-dozen Tommy James & the >> Shondells mp3s were missing out of my 60s folder. I attemped to replace one >> and they all suddenly showed up. It's very strange. >> >> Not that I am happy with the idea of using database blob files instead. >> Doesn't that introduce some amount of bloat? >> >> Ken Dibble >> www.stic-cil.org >> > > I think there is a similar bloat involved with any file system...space is > allocated by sectors and sectors rarely align perfectly with the file space > needed to store a file. > > -------------------- > It is no longer a file. It is apart of the .mdb. You may be surprised in gaining space. Oh yeah yo also have to figure out how to get it in and out and come back to this starting point of the message on how do I back that sucker up. :) -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajidmyky23soaaohhyfc6bncq1o_kz2gae5dpfpqz2y896q...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

