I have about 750,000,000 files I need to store on disk. What's more is I need to be able to access these files randomly--any given file at any time--in the shortest time possible. What do I need to do to make accessing these files fastest? Think of it like a hash table, only the hash keys are the filenames and the associated values are ...
So the application we've got calls the API's of all the major carriers (UPS, FedEx, etc) for tracking data. We save the most recent version of the XML feed we get from them in a TEXT field in a table in our database. We really hardly ever (read, never so far) access that data, but have it "just in case." It adds quite a bit of additio...
I have a class in silverlight that I would like to store to disk. It contains a couple of basic CLR objects - strings and integers, and a WPF BitmapImage. What is the best way to store this to a file? I have tried serializing the class and dumping it to file, but BitmapImage does not support serializing. Ideally, I want to store the bi...
hello, I'm developing an app that needs to cache some images from the web the images are likely to be 100x100 I just need to know which is better: Store the images as files in the iPhone file system Store them as blob in a sqlite Db along with other data already saved on the database. Appreciate your help. ...
I look for some exaple how use the stora procedurs in MVC with LINKQ. ...
Hi there, I'm currently writing a web crawler (using the python framework scrapy). Recently I had to implement a pause/resume system. The solution I implemented is of the simplest kind and, basically, stores links when they get scheduled, and marks them as 'processed' once they actually are. Thus, I'm able to fetch those links (obviousl...
I am developping a mobile web application (for iPhone) with a local database (using html5 webstorage) so my app is still usable when the user is offline. This is working perfectly, but I want to save the local data on a server. So I need to synchronize the local DB with a DB on a server. The synchronisation can only be one way, but in t...
I'm trying to use the default_url in my application but I store the images using S3. I'm not sure what URL I need to put in there or if I have to create a fake image just to get everything up there. Since my images always render through S3, I don't know if it would work if I just put in some default images in my public folder. It doesn'...
I'm trying to use async io on linux. As far as i know there're 3 options: kernel calls (io_submit and friends) libRT - uses threads in user space libRTKAIO - wrapper of kernel calls which does not use threads I'm using the last option, and i see, that in my unit test that runs a lot of async io requests in multiple threads, /proc/sy...
Does anyone know of a reliable way to store data to use across pages of a site?... Here is what I've found so far: Cookies - Not enough capacity to store what I need atm. URL hash - Same as above Frames - Not a method I would use atm. HTML 5 document.localStorage and document.sessionStorage - Not fully supported yet Google Gears - The ...
I am creating a desktop app that will sit on a PC and occasionally check a web server for updates to various settings. The program will be using these settings frequently so I would like cache the settings in a file on the PC so it doesn't have to hit the server constantly. There are a lot of settings. I was thinking about storing them ...
My application will record and store some sounds to play them back later. Right now, I can record the sound which is saved in temporary folder. Where is the best way to store sounds to play back later? Do I need database or just store as files? ...
I'm setting up a custom themed Tumblr site for someone that doesn't want annual hosting fees. Are there any free places out there to host under 10mb of css/js/jpeg files? (Tried Google docs but they don't allow css/js.) If not, what are some cheaper options? Grazie. ...
can we create an excel workbook at isolated storage area using data from server side..in silverlight.? ...
Hello - quick question. Any help greatly appreciated. I am thinking of streaming video from a streaming server. Is it possible to store the videos on a separate server? What are the pros and cons of this? Max. ...
Hi! Is there a Delphi-5 solution to easily integrate single-file storage into existing code? I would like to have files like Java *.jar or Openoffice document files which are zipped/compressed files and folders but with their own file extension. Edit: I know some ZIP capable components but in a nutshell I want to access files within th...
I have a issue reported by customer which suggests that the LDM database of the disk may be corrupt. Is there any way to figure out whether the LDM database on a dynamic disk is corrupt? The drives of the disks are being enumerated correctly by Windows. ...
I have a project that will generate a huge number of images. Around 1,000,000 for start. They are not large images so I will store them all on one machine at start. How do you recommended on storing these images efficiently? (NTFS file system currently) I am considering a naming scheme... for start all the images will have an incre...
If I want to store the username and password to be used inside an Android application, what is the best way to do it? Is it through the preferences screen (but what if the user misses this?), or pop up a dialog box and ask the user for the credentials? If so, I do have to maintain state for the application. How would I do this? ...
Hi, I would like to know what constitutes a typical storage domain background. Let's say a person(C,C++ Programmer) is working for the past 3-4 years in backup/replication/storage products. What all is he expected to know? Regards, kohler ...