Architecting Large File Storage - Software From Scratch

Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur · Jan 17, 2020 · 21m

One of the architectural challenges that are often overlooked is large file storage. These may be documents, images, or other general binary structures. This situation is also becoming a much more common challenge for applications. We often have a feature for storing a profile picture for users, PDF documents, or other similar features. This area is something worth spending time on during the creation of the software architecture.

Storage and Retrieval

Any time you store data, you have to include the mechanism to retrieve it. In the world of data stores, that often means a way to index…