Local storage : when and how ?

[pct06]

Hi
I am looking for a solution as Chronoframe but would like to understant how works the storage.
Having no access to an S3 storage, I have to wait for local storage feature availability.
Meanwhile, you might explain the storage philosophy.
How are pictures stored in your solution (S3 or upcoming local) : is this in a folder based structure ? Are you keeping the original name of the picture ?
Are you planning to use a full Folder based structure and just read images there, wihtout copying them again in what you call Storage, just to avoid duplicating thousand of pictures, while you only need to build a DB with the name of the file, his location, and extracts all exif and GPS informations.
Thanks for your feedback