How to manage a dbms with multimedia content in java - jdbc(client /server)

I am an old timer from the 90s so java7 is a bit of a shock to me as ima an SCJP for java 2 platform from 2000.

Please suggest the best way to manage a multimedia databse containg (*.jpg and *.au) files in a DBMS or RDBMS using JDBC for both client(Standalone java application) and server side(Servlets).