Storing a large number of images

Question

I\'m thinking about developing my own PHP based gallery for storing lots of pictures, maybe in the tens of thousands.

At the database I\'ll point to the url of the i

Answer 1

Use the hierarchy of the file system. ID your images using something like 001/002/003/004.jpg would be very helpful. Partitioning is a different story, though. Could be random, content based, creation date based, etc. Really depends on what your application is.