To use an api or store a large dataset in a rails app?

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Published on 2010-05-24T20:17:40Z Indexed on 2010/05/24 20:21 UTC
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Hi all-

I am working on a site that has the potential to need a LOT of space. Basically we hope to have every video game every created stored in a database along with an image of the cover. There are some api's out there that might be able to help, like GiantBomb's (www.giantbomb.com). We are trying to decide whether to store the data locally and if so where to find that comprehensive a list, or make calls to the api on demand. The problem with the latter is likely latency and also downtime problems. Assuming we want to store it locally here are the questions:

1) Where can we find this kind of data (yes, I looked on google, and no I couldnt find anything:))

2) What is the most efficient way to encode and store the images?

Thanks!

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