ABSTRACT
The proverbial long, hard look is the only acceptable answer to databasing and data-mining problems, including the dependability of storage media and survivability of the enterprise in case adversity hits its store of information and knowledge. Historical precedence provides an example. Consider the simplest form of storage on papyrus. In 391 A.D., the frailty of singlecopy texts became apparent when fire destroyed the Library of Alexandria and its original manuscripts.
