[lion0]

My company uses actual filing cabinets that have actual physical files.

[mirkules]

Do you work at an elementary school, by any chance?

I'm not trying to be a wise guy - it's more of a comment that elementary schools are often last to implement technologically savvy solutions (i.e. solutions that cost a lot of money), so I wouldn't be surprised if you said "yes" to my question.

[there]

what kind of sharding scheme do you use?

[illumin8]

Duh: Customers with a last name starting with A through E go in the drawer labelled A-E, etc. We just implemented a RAID 1+0 solution that involves a fleet of entry level workers furiously photocopying every document and putting them in boxes for Iron Mountain...

[wicknicks]

I'd imagine by filename :)