Or you can use a database that supports something like SQL server's FILESTREAM [1]: "FILESTREAM enables SQL Server-based applications to store unstructured data

Or you can use a database that supports something like SQL server's FILESTREAM [1]: "FILESTREAM enables SQL Server-based applications to store unstructured data, such as documents and images, on the file system. Applications can leverage the rich streaming APIs and performance of the file system and at the same time maintain transactional consistency between the unstructured data and corresponding structured data." [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/blob/filestream-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/bl...