#Datagrip mongodb driver#

File: This stores the consequent additional metadata for the file.For example, you could want to retrieve a segment of a video file rather than the whole file, this is possible by just querying the correct range you want.

#Datagrip mongodb driver#

The chunks are limited to a size of 255KB each and when one makes a query, the GridFS driver reassembles all the chunks as per storage unique _id.

Chunk: This is the collection that stores the document parts.

GridFS uses two collection systems to store files: The files are stored by first breaking it into smaller chunks of data, each piece having a size of 255 KB. GridFs is an abstraction layer in MongoDB used in the storage and recovery of large files like videos, audios, and images.This file system stores files that are even more significant than 16 MB within MongoDB data collections. Storing files directly into a database through a single API call has not been something easily done until the introduction of GridFS in MongoDB. It would be easier to access all your resources from a single cloud storage, rather than multiple ones, as there may be a chance of failure during retrieval. File storage often requires a third party CDN (Content Delivery Network), such as Amazon Web services, but this makes the management process a bit tedious.

Many applications involve file management and have file storage as an important feature for enhancing data processing.