About uploading files to servers
advantage:
Access fast, small occupied space (whether space is small, but according to some articles this is like this)
Disadvantages:
Confidentiality is not best, if you know the login password of the server, you can watch the picture directly; in addition, the server must have an FSO function (not suitable for free personal homepage space). About uploading to the database
advantage:
Whether it is open to the FSO function; if you know the password of the server and the database server, you cannot directly watch the picture directly, suitable for the higher requirements of electronic files.
Disadvantages:
Access performance is not good, there is a need to have a process of converting access, and the space is relative to the previous one.
in conclusion:
Focus on confidentiality and avoid using FSO function, select data stock storage, suitable for electronic archives and personal websites;
Have FSO features and do not require confidentiality, select files to directly upload relatively good, efficiency and space utilization, suitable for some picture management with independent server large sites, such as image news distribution systems.