Database & Storage

Role in the Project

Handles structured metadata (PostgreSQL) and AI-related media files (MinIO, object storage for scalability).

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths:

• PostgreSQL: ACID compliance, strong indexing, and relational queries.
• MinIO: S3-compatible, lightweight, easy-to-scale.

Weaknesses:

• PostgreSQL requires indexing optimizations for large datasets.
• MinIO may require external backup policies for redundancy.

Available Technologies & Comparison

• Relational DBs: PostgreSQL (chosen), MySQL (less scalable for AI metadata)
• Object Storage: MinIO (S3-compatible), AWS S3 (managed, costly at scale), Ceph (highly scalable but complex)

Chosen Approach

• PostgreSQL for relational data storage (optimized with indexing, JSONB support)
• MinIO for AI image storage (self-hosted, scalable, integrates with event handling)