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
.
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
