+
Overview
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+
+ Provides a new attachment location to save attachment as large
+ objects. To enable the large object storage option change the
+ ir_attachment.location
+ parameter to
+ lobject
+ .
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+
+ Advantages over the in-database storage
+
+
+ -
+ Better RAM efficiency (This is more important for large files than
+ for small ones.)
+
+ -
+ Possibility to easily dump the base without the large objects (This
+ can be useful for reproducing bugs.)
+
+
+
+ Advantages over the file system storage
+
+
+ - Large objects are transactional (fully ACID)
+ -
+ They work out of the box in multi-system setups (So there is no need
+ for NFS or similar file sharing tools.)
+
+ - Enables you to easily create backups of the entire system
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+