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Data, data, everywhere, but not a byte to eat. How we store, organize, and access data can determine the future success of software systems and thus the organizations that rely on them so heavily. Choosing poorly in these respects can doom us to a long, agonizing information death as complexity, inefficiency, and competing constraints spiral out of control.

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© 2007 André Ben Hamou

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(2007). Object Storage and Retrieval. In: Practical Ruby for System Administration. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0194-6_6

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