# Separate blob storage from databases

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/separate-blob-storage-from-databases/3385>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/separate-blob-storage-from-databases/3385 "2019-12-26T21:52:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/separate-blob-storage-from-databases/3385/7 "2019-12-26T22:05:43Z")

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I would suggest you to vote for idea here: [https://ideas.storj.io](https://ideas.storj.io)

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> [@Storage node performance improvement ideas](https://forum.storj.io/t/storage-node-performance-improvement-ideas/314/14):
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> Also it could be beneficial to offer a separate mount point for the database so people with that capability could have the DB on another drive like an SSD, since it doesn’t take up much space.

> [@Replace DB by metadata (object storage)](https://forum.storj.io/t/replace-db-by-metadata-object-storage/3202):
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> Hello, I would like to suggest this to the community developers. ############## REPLACE DB BY METAS ########## Architecture with SQL Lite DB I guess that DB can be corrupt in a software SPOF (Single point of failure) model (on 1 storage node) DB corruption will not ensure a SN to cummunicate with the network. Exemple : pieceinfo.db, this file can be corrupt because of a system crash and sync problem Architecture without DB Database is underlied with metadata resulting to a no-S…

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