What is the BEST way to store pdf files.....

Hi,
I developed an application where we store the pdf docs in the database for every participant(i.e user) and participant can login to their account and view their documents. Now the new requirement is to store nearly 50millions+ of documents every year in that same database (we may keep 2yrs worth of documents). Is that okay?? Do you guys have any other better way of storing and retrieving_ the documents(like in the file-system)?, Is database only the best option???
Thanks
Edited by: balajiv on Sep 26, 2008 6:13 AM

JoachimSauer wrote:
That all depends on your database and how well it handles BLOBs. Storing everything in the DB has the huge advantage of not needing another piece of infrastructure to configure (such as a file server) and using a single technology for all your data access.Then again, storing the files in the DB has the huge disadvantage of the files not being accessible by other applications/users since it's stuck inside the database. It's also a gigantic waste of space as it bloats the database with data that cannot be indexed, related, etc, decreasing performance.

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