Store images on database or filesystem?

[eluser]slowgary[/eluser]
I didn't even consider storing data related to the image since the product data is obviously already stored in the products table. In this case, I won't have need for data per image but in others it is very likely to be needed.

I've heard the argument many times that disk is slow, but where I get confused is that database tables are on disk just the same. Does mysql bypass the filesystem's method of disk access and keep it's own internal "file allocation table"?

I will be using a database table, but at first it just seemed like it might be a little faster to skip making a query, which is just dumb of me.