Re: PDF files: to store in database or not - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 12/06/2016 11:12 AM, Eric Schwarzenbach wrote:
> On 12/06/2016 01:34 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> On 12/06/2016 10:30 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>>
>>>   My thinking is to not store these documents in the database, but to
>>> store
>>> them in subdirectories outside the database.
>>>
>>>   Your thoughts?
>>
>> Due to the widely variable size of a PDF document, I would say no. I
>> would store the metadata and file location.
>>
>>
> Can you elaborate on this? Why is the variable size an issue?

Because it will use at least that size in memory to deliver the document
to you. Consider a 100MB PDF (not at all uncommon), now imagine 40
connections requesting that PDF.


Sincerely,

JD


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