I found his that gives some context between DBFS and OFS.
https://oracle-base.com/blog/2017/05/17/ofs-and-dbfs-questions/
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 5:32 PM Tim Hall <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Oracle iFS got replaced. :)
If you really want to put things into a DB, it's really easy. Of course
there are Web Services, but you can actually do it directly using DBFS and
WebDav.
DBFS in 11g started this path.
https://oracle-base.com/articles/11g/dbfs-11gr2
WebDav support in DBFS improved and became easy in 12.1
https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/dbfs-enhancements-12cr1#webdav
Although DBFS is still a thing, there is also now OFS, which is like an
evolution of DBFS.
https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/ofs-and-dbfs-enhancements-12cr2
I know others have given words or warning. I would just like to add
another. When you put stuff in the DB it becomes part of your backups. At
first that sounds like a great idea, as the contents of the DB and the
"filesystem" stay consistent to a point in time. That does come with a
price though. One of our projects stores student applications in the DB. In
the event of a PITR of the database we potentially lose application forms.
That's a problem. On reflection, they would have preferred to store them on
a file store and keep the DB separate. That way, in the event of a DB PITR
the latest application forms can be picked up from the filestore and
someone can manually "reapply" for them... It's quite a specific problem,
but worth keeping in mind if a PITR and associated loss of documents
represents an issue for you.
A couple of years ago Thomas Kurian said something to the tune of, "Why
would you store documents in a database?", in an ACED briefing. I mentioned
this to the DBFS/OFS folks and they were no best pleased. :)
Cheers
Tim...
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 2:56 PM Hemant K Chitale <hemantkchitale@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
What happened to Oracle iFS ? I used it in 8i and 9i and Context
Indexes against documents. I had heard that it went to something called
Oracle Beehive.
https://www.orafaq.com/wiki/IFS
Hemant K Chitale
