title: Storing images - SQL DB vs Azure Blob storage
body: <p>I am writing a new application at the moment and certain entities in the application have images (just used for display purposes on the website).</p>
  
  <p>I want to host my application on azure later and I am trying to figure out whether it would be better to use Azure Blob storage to store all images or just store them in the DB?</p>
  
  <p>What is better performance wise when loading the images on the website?</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>SQL: Controller -> DB -> VIEW</li>
  <li>Azure Blob: Controller -> Webcall to Azure DB -> VIEW</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Could someone please explain benefits of either solution to me so that I can make up my mind?</p>