newbies questions on ZODB
I need to allow users to store large amounts of files (PDF, doc) in a database (or directory), with several information linked to the file (author, title, description ...). Then Index the content of the files to be able to search. Would it be advisable to use the ZODB to store these files (say more than 5.000 files or +/- 1 GB) ? How would you link the additional information to the file and catalog the whole file content ? If there are any additional plug-ins required, please advise. Thanks to you all.
Fabien Nkundabagenzi wrote:
Would it be advisable to use the ZODB to store these files (say more than 5.000 files or +/- 1 GB) ?
No
How would you link the additional information to the file and catalog the whole file content ?
Store metadata object in ZODB with a link to the name/url of the file.
If there are any additional plug-ins required, please advise.
LocalFS cheers, Chris PS: Don't post in HTML
On Saturday 21 Sep 2002 7:55 pm, Andreas Kostyrka wrote:
Am Fre, 2002-09-20 um 10.30 schrieb Chris Withers:
Fabien Nkundabagenzi wrote:
Would it be advisable to use the ZODB to store these files (say more than 5.000 files or +/- 1 GB) ?
No
Hmm. I think this issue is more complicated than can be captured with a one word answer.....
Why no?
Im sure the majority of people here work with a filesystem that is larger than 1G. There are well known solutions for problems like backups and replication. However I guess no more than 10% of people reading this list have a 1G ZODB storage. Its not bleeding edge, but there are likely to be times where you encouter a problem that *should* have a standard solution, but doesnt. Even the choice of Storage implementation will gather conflicting advice. If you are happy to make your own choices, then putting everything in the ZODB is not a bad idea. I hope this helps,
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