Storing content in SQLite is actually faster than writing the equivalent content directly to disk, in many situations. See https://www.sqlite.org/fasterthanfs.h

Storing content in SQLite is actually faster than writing the equivalent content directly to disk, in many situations. See https://www.sqlite.org/fasterthanfs.html https://www.sqlite.org/fasterthanfs.html for discussion, caveats, and links to source code where you can verify these claims for yourself.