# HG changeset patch # User Alain Mazy # Date 1488965173 -3600 # Node ID b0a71b880ca091cccd03f1026eac76f18242c247 # Parent a1e55e1baf38f623843de80aae69ca32e32d2d82 fix link + remark about disk usage overhead diff -r a1e55e1baf38 -r b0a71b880ca0 Sphinx/source/plugins/postgresql.rst --- a/Sphinx/source/plugins/postgresql.rst Fri Mar 03 09:23:13 2017 +0100 +++ b/Sphinx/source/plugins/postgresql.rst Wed Mar 08 10:26:13 2017 +0100 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Pre-compiled binaries for Microsoft Windows `are also available `__. A package for `Apple's Mac OS X -`__ +`__ are available courtesy of `Osimis `__. @@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ to true, otherwise Orthanc will continue to use its default SQLite back-end. +**Remark:** When using the ``Storage`` PostgreSQL plugin, the DICOM files are stored as large objects in the database. This actually consumes more space than the DICOM file itself (around 40% more). +When dealing with large number of files, it is recommended to continue using the default filesystem storage for DICOM files and enable the ``Index`` PostgreSQL plugin. + .. highlight:: text Orthanc must of course be **restarted** after the modification of its