I'm coding an application that will be uploading and deleting many files, i usually just move the files to a folder in the server naming them with the row unique id. But as i understand MySQL also lets me store binary data (files) when would this be a better choice?.

Please use solid arguments, like When does using BLOB will mean performance improvement?.

P.S: I'm using MyISAM if that matters.

Thanks.

UPDATE:

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UPDATE 2

Storing the files in the database is not a need i'm trying to know when is this a better idea than storing them in folders.

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