Use Cases and Applications of Blobs

What is Blob?

A Blob (Binary Large Object) is a way of storing large amounts of binary data, such as images, videos, audio files, or any other type of file, in a database or a storage system. Think of a Blob as a big container that can hold any type of file, much like a folder on your computer that can store different kinds of documents....

What is a File System

A file system is a method for organizing and managing data on your computer. It structures data into files and folders, similar to how a filing cabinet stores documents. Each file and folder has a name and is arranged in a hierarchy, making it easy to find and access data. The file system also keeps track of where each file is stored on your computer’s storage device, ensuring efficient data retrieval and management....

Differences Between the Blob and File System

Below are the differences between the Blob and File System:...

Use Cases and Applications of Blobs

Multimedia Storage and Streaming Platforms: Use Case: Finding a suitable place to store and accessible large images, audio or video files. Applications: Videos uploading facility, photos upload services, audio sharing sites. Document Management Systems: Use Case: Information within files like documents, spreadsheets, PDF files and the likes. Applications: DMS for businesses-as-office automation and portals for group work. Content Management Systems (CMS): Use Case: File management: This is the feature in website content management that allows one to store and manage images, video and documentation for a website. Applications: News Post, Amazon, Wikipedia. Data Archiving and Backup: Use Case: Backup of Databases and other large data files in history –system snapshots. Applications: Data protection appliances, or as archiving appliances, or even disaster recovery platforms. Software Distribution: Use Case: Archiving for upgrading and patching the software installation. Applications: Many applications, software repositories to download software, update servers, source code control systems. Medical Imaging and Healthcare Systems: Use Case: Medical image archiving as it is also referred to is all about organizing and maintaining medical images like x rays, MRIs and CT SCANS among others. Applications: There are many types: PACS – picture archiving and communication systems; EHR – electronic health records systems....

Use Cases and Applications of File Systems

Operating System File Storage: Use Case: Operative system file and directory Operations. Applications: File systems being used by operating systems like Windows and its family, Linux plus Mac OS. User Data Storage: Use Case: Backing up files and documents that may be produced by the user and other multimedia content. Applications: Laptops, external hard drives, NAS servers within the house, and cloud computing. Software Development: Use Case: Source code management; configuration management; and documented project assets. Applications: SVN and git – the version control systems (VCSs) used in this paper. g. , and Git repositories), project directories, continuous integration (CI) pipelines. Database Management: Use Case: Data storage of database files, transaction logs and backup. Applications: This paper focuses on relational database systems. g. i. e relational DBMS (e. g. MySQL, Postgres) and NoSQL DBMS. g. , MongoDB). Web Server Content Storage: Use Case: That is where the website content is stored, which includes HTML pages, CSS stylesheets, JavaScript files, and other multimedia files. Applications: Web servers (e. g. Cloud hosting; Managed hosting; Unmanaged hosting; Shared hosting (e. g. System Configuration and Log Files: Use Case: Backup services: configuration files, system logs, and temporary data. Applications: System files ( / etc / var ) , log file directories, temporary work directories....