Images in database vs file system

Question

We have a project coming up where we will be building a whole backend CMS system that will power our entire extranet and intranet with one package. The question I have been

Answer 1

Replication of static files, especially across a number of servers, can be difficult to manage. It really comes down to a tradeoff between managing, monitoring and debugging replication problems vs. the database size and load.

I think I'd probably pick the database approach, and if load became an issue look at putting up some sort of cache layer around the image calls.

Suggestions to store a path in the db are missing the real problem, which is replicating this across multiple machines.