After some discussions, we have decided to change how "external storage" is managed. Instead of the external datatype, we will have blob-* datatypes. For backward compatibility, external and external-* datatypes will continue to be supported.
The main advantage is that blob-* can be configured to be regular blob datatype, stored in the database or stored in external bulk storage. So the immediately supported storage protocols will be table, file, and s3.
After some discussions, we have decided to change how "external storage" is managed. Instead of the
externaldatatype, we will haveblob-*datatypes. For backward compatibility,externalandexternal-*datatypes will continue to be supported.The main advantage is that
blob-*can be configured to be regular blob datatype, stored in the database or stored in external bulk storage. So the immediately supported storage protocols will betable,file, ands3.