Can I use a file based database on Heroku?
问题 I have a small Node.js / Express app deployed to Heroku. I'd like to use a lightweight database like NeDB to persist some data. Is it possible to periodically backup / copy a file from Heroku if I used this approach? 回答1: File-based databases aren't a good fit for Heroku due to its ephemeral filesystem (bold added): Each dyno gets its own ephemeral filesystem, with a fresh copy of the most recently deployed code. During the dyno’s lifetime its running processes can use the filesystem as a