Store images on database or filesystem?

[eluser]Dam1an[/eluser]
[quote author="slowgary" date="1243196859"]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"?[/quote]

Yes, the DB may be on disk as well, but its all indexed for super fast lookups etc (and you can store the DB in memory if you want)