X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAF9611F61EF for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 11:36:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 81876-03 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 11:36:28 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from floppy.pyrenet.fr (news.pyrenet.fr [194.116.145.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A06D311F602F for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 11:36:26 -0300 (ADT) Received: by floppy.pyrenet.fr (Postfix, from userid 106) id 0122C30D0A; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 16:36:26 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Qingqing Zhou" X-Newsgroups: pgsql.performance Subject: Re: Large Binary Objects Middleware Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 22:36:17 +0800 Organization: Hub.Org Networking Services Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <3cf983d0603271216x6d4a4614ye6dc48e31e8b5cb6@mail.gmail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.hub.org X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.171 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.171] X-Spam-Score: 0.171 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200604/12 X-Sequence-Number: 18096 ""Rodrigo Madera"" wrote > > The database is holding large ammounts of digital video, and I am > wanting to put these directly into the database. What performance > guidelines would you all give seeing my position today? > IMHO, if you don't need transaction semantics, don't put these big things into database. Instead, add a field in your table and put the link to the big things in it. Regards, Qingqing