[ale] OT: MySQL Blobs

[hbbs at comcast.net (hbbs at comcast.net)]

Going the file-pointing route also enables you to decouple the databasing
machine from the video-serving machine.
> > I'm working on a media center for home and would like to store
> > media files such as DivX and MP3 in MySQL as blobs.
> 
> This is generally a fairly horrific idea.  Why not just store pointers to
> the files (i.e. their locations) in the database?  Storing binary files in
> blobs like this is something which most of us go through because of the
> 'cool'(/geek) factor, before realising that it's a nasty performance hit
> for (in most cases) no gain.
> 
> Cheers,
> --George
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