Can be used as a content search connector for Manage in Place.
GridFS is the MongoDB specification for storing and retrieving large files such as images, audio files, video files, etc. It is kind of a file system to store files but its data is stored within MongoDB collections. GridFS has the capability to store files even greater than its document size limit of 16MB.
GridFS divides a file into chunks and stores each chunk of data in a separate document, each of maximum size 255k.
GridFS by default uses two collections, [collection].files and [collection].chunks to store the file’s metadata and the chunks. Each chunk is identified by its unique _id ObjectId field. The [collection].files serves as a parent document. The files _id field in the [collection].chunks document links the chunk to its parent.