Comment on Ask HN: Do image hosting sites remove redundant images?Comments−UnoriginalGuy14yMaybe they do and don't even know it. Some database engines will compare blobs, and then delete duplicates.−true_religion14yNo serious image host is going to stick images in the database.−macowar14yWell, technically a file system is a specialized typed of database. NTFS has some support for removing duplicate files and replacing them with links. Windows server 2008 calls this feature "Single Instance Storage".
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Maybe they do and don't even know it. Some database engines will compare blobs, and then delete duplicates.
No serious image host is going to stick images in the database.
Well, technically a file system is a specialized typed of database. NTFS has some support for removing duplicate files and replacing them with links. Windows server 2008 calls this feature "Single Instance Storage".