[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4402: Store uploads in database, not filesystem

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#4402: Store uploads in database, not filesystem
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 Reporter:  msrivathsan     |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement     |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  2.3      
Component:  Administration  |      Version:  2.2      
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:                  |  
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Comment (by intoxination):

 Replying to [comment:2 Otto42]:
 > Make it optional. Really, really optional. I would even default it to
 not do this behavior.
 >
 > Because having file downloads come out of the database could bring down
 a site really quick for larger/more popular downloads. If I'm posting a
 file more than, say, a hundred KB, I would not want it in the DB for
 simple speed reasons.
 >
 > Also, web hosts everywhere will hate you if you enable this sort of
 thing. Their mySQL databases are already oversold/overloaded, and this
 will only make that problem a lot worse.
 >
 > -1.

 On top of the fact that numerous shared hosts use external database
 servers that are already running at maximum load. This would have a great
 chance of over-taxing those servers (that are already about over taxed).

 I agree with Mark - this is best for a plugin

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