...trying to find a needle - in a field of haystacks. (even better if you
have some idea of the amount of backup data - for example 50GB of backup
data for a single 50KB file = "a haystack the size of Heinz Field")
...trying to find a single book in a library (or the Library of Congress) -
without an index or finding aids. 
...trying to separate out the red marbles from the white (only useful for
the Deming-trained folks :D)
...trying to find YOUR SUV at the mall on December 24

More if I think of 'em. 

Cheers, 

Jesse Wilkins
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Link, Gary M.
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:02 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Analogy Contest

Please help me find a brief, concise, and vivid analogy for this to use in
presentations (in-house and outreach):

"Using system backup tapes to find a single document is like [...]"

The winner gets my undying gratitude and a free membership to the list! :-)

Thanks,
Gary Link, CRM
Corporate Records Manager
Astorino
227 Fort Pitt Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA  15222
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