What is the best way to store images or pdfs in web application?

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Dear all,
when we stored images or pdf in application folder then we faced a problem of application slowing down & when we store in database then size of database is increasing day by day so what is the the best way to store images/pdfs.

Thank you in advance.......

Posted 27-Jul-15 0:01am

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Updated 27-Jul-15 0:10am

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Sreekanth Mothukuru 27-Jul-15 6:15am

You could store images or pdf on third party servers like AWS S3 or any other service and store its location on your Database to access it later on.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2015-07-27T00:16:00

That's going to depend entirely on why you are storing them.
Personally, I use it for documentation, change notices, and so forth so I need multiple copies available.
I use a combination of database and files:
The files themselves are stored in a folder (root/Resources/Documents) under a GUID filename, and the path to that file, the original file name, the version, and date information is stored in the DB.

This allows me to reference the latest version of everything with a "simple" SQL query, and access the files from the query results, without having to reference the file system to list my files or take too much DB space.