When to use Databases vs Filesystem Storage
I have a question about the title: I've gone around the internet looking for answers in this, but I haven't found a concrete one. I understand that Filesystem Storage is supposed to be "temporary", as in saving files to the client, and a database is supposed to be permament, storing the files in the database hosted in a server, and having everything go through software in the server that accesses the database and brings back a response. But why should it be done this way, and instead, why can't the stuff be stored in the server's filesystem storage, permanently? It seems simpler, and the answer can't just be "due to performance and speed", can it?
