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Where to store multimedia files for a website
I would like learn the most efficient way to store images and videos for a website. Does YouTube store videos under a database? Is it a good idea to store multimedia under database?
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What mind of access (and bandwidth) do you have from your primary server to the other content servers? You can use an FTP script if all you have is FTP access.
As for backup, there are many software solutions but if you are just backing up to another hard drive (external/removable) a simple xcopy /d will only copy newer or edited files. It still does not help with the deleted files. If it is important to remove deleted files from the backup media, a daily incremental backup and a weekly full backup (after delete) would give you a decent solution.
As for backup, there are many software solutions but if you are just backing up to another hard drive (external/removable) a simple xcopy /d will only copy newer or edited files. It still does not help with the deleted files. If it is important to remove deleted files from the backup media, a daily incremental backup and a weekly full backup (after delete) would give you a decent solution.
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Are there any products to ease this backup? Or should i self try to write a program which backups incrementally? I prefer not write code for this.
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If I were to keep on the filesystem then I guess I must have some sort of mechanism to backup these files. Instead of taking a whole backup, I should somehow differentiate what's added or deleted on a given day so that I can make a daily backup. Am I wrong? And also how do you exactly mirror the filesystem to the other content servers?
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