Image Files - Within Database, or Use FileStream?

I have millions of photos tied to transactions. There are several photos tied to one transaction. My app pages and displays hundreds of transactions with the photos. I would also like a user to be able to download all of the transaction
information including the photo to a spreadsheet. Currently, the images are stored within the database - is this the best way to go?
Considerations -
I am currently using transactional replication to replicate this SQL database to another location and the database for the images is 25GBs and will continue to grow.
The images do not change but daily hundreds more transaction and images are added to the system.
I know there is a newer method - FileStream. Should I be using this method and FileTable? I know I can't use Database mirroring with this option (is that a concern) and am currently using transactional based replication.
What backup method should I use with the recommended database deign - replication or ?

Consider FileTable for your application.
BOL: "The FileTable feature brings support for the Windows file namespace and compatibility with Windows applications to the file data stored in SQL Server. FileTable lets an application integrate its storage and data management components, and provides
integrated SQL Server services - including full-text search and semantic search - over unstructured data and metadata.
In other words, you can store files and documents in special tables in SQL Server called FileTables, but access them from Windows applications as if they were stored in the file system, without making any changes to your client applications."
LINK: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff929144.aspx
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