This is an actual problem in government modernization projects. When legacy paper-based systems get overburdened, it's impossible not to notice growing stacks

This is an actual problem in government modernization projects. When legacy paper-based systems get overburdened, it's impossible not to notice growing stacks of file folders everywhere: on desks, on carts, in file cabinets, on shelves, in storerooms and storage facilities. But when the new digital systems back up, it's invisible. What's a few hundred thousand rows to a modern database?