# Images - File System vs Database

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/images-file-system-vs-database/235290
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [August 10, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/images-file-system-vs-database/235290 "2007-08-10T00:40:26Z")
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### Author: ![matthewjumps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/images-file-system-vs-database/235290/1 "2007-08-10T00:40:26Z")

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Ive been reading up on this, and theres a few threads that touch on it here but id like to ask

what are the pros and cons of storing an image in the database as a blob as opposed to the pros and cons of using the file system?

and at the end of the day, which do you prefer, and why?