storing uploaded photos and documents - filesystem vs database blob

Question

My specific situation

Property management web site where users can upload photos and lease documents. For every apartment unit, there might be 4 ph

Answer 1

Maybe on a slight tangent, but in this video from the MySQL Conference, the presenter talks about how the website smugmug uses MySQL and various other technologies for superior performance. I think the video builds upon some of the answers posted here, but also suggest ways of improving website performance outside the scope of the DB.