Title: Large Media Database
Last modified: December 5, 2019

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# Large Media Database

 *  Resolved [RANSOM COLLECTIVE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ransomcollective/)
 * (@ransomcollective)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/large-media-database/)
 * We have several sites with large media databases that we are having a bit difficulty
   with. We’d like to get a full, detailed and intimate understanding of this issue.
   Would you please elaborate to the fullest extent you can? To begin…
 * We saw this comment on your Regenerate Thumbnails plugin page.
 * “The Photon module makes the images on your site be served from WordPress.com’s
   global content delivery network (CDN) which should speed up the loading of images.
   Importantly though it can create thumbnails on the fly which means you’ll never
   need to use this plugin.”
 * “You’ll Never Need To Use This Plugin” – This suggests a CDN would negate the
   need to have any local server thumbnails generated on a given site and we would
   only have to host one original size image. And, therefore, a CDN (in this case
   Photon) would generate the thumbnails on the fly on its servers. Correct? Perhaps
   we am misunderstanding.
 * We’re sure it’s a very simple explanation. Once we understand this thoroughly,
   we’ll ask a follow-up question.
 * Thank you so much for your help!

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 *  [Alex Sanford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexsanford1/)
 * (@alexsanford1)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/large-media-database/#post-12516907)
 * Hi there,
 * Yes, using Jetpack’s Site Accelerator (formerly Photon) means that you should
   not need to use this plugin, since you will not be serving images from your WordPress
   site. Site Accelerator will handle any downsizing that is required.
 * You can see the Site Accelerator documentation here – [https://jetpack.com/support/site-accelerator/](https://jetpack.com/support/site-accelerator/)
 * And if you have any further questions about it, I would suggest contacting Jetpack
   support – [https://jetpack.com/contact-support/?rel=support](https://jetpack.com/contact-support/?rel=support)

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/large-media-database/#post-12516907)
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