Seismic field storage medium Seismic field storage medium recommendations recommendations (Nov 6, 2012 Las Vegas)(Nov 6, 2012 Las Vegas)

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Invitation (1+ year ago)Invitation (1+ year ago)

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SEG 2011SEG 2011

IBM Presentation (Jim Karp, Senior Development Engineer, IBM Data Protection and Retention)

Oracle Presentation (Robert Raymond, Senior Manager, Oracle Tape Engineering)

Status (seismic Status (seismic industry)industry) > 1000 IBM TS1120 drives (worldwide – offshore , only)> 1000 IBM TS1120 drives (worldwide – offshore , only) > 1.200.000 3592 JA cartridges in our industry (2005-2012)> 1.200.000 3592 JA cartridges in our industry (2005-2012)

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Effective December 28, 2012, IBM will withdraw from marketing Effective December 28, 2012, IBM will withdraw from marketing TS1120. TS1120.

On or after the effective date of withdrawal, you can no longer order On or after the effective date of withdrawal, you can no longer order

this product directly from IBM .this product directly from IBM . IBM TS1150 GA (General Availabilty): 14-20 months from now?IBM TS1150 GA (General Availabilty): 14-20 months from now?

IBM 3592 IBM 3592

The IBM 3592 is a series of tape drives and corresponding magnetic tape data storage media formats. The first drive, having the IBM product number 3592, was introduced under the nickname Jaguar. The next drive was the TS1120, also having the nickname Jaguar. As of Nov, 2012, the latest and current drive is the TS1140.

As of Nov, 2012, 4 drive generations and about 10 tape media products, see next slide.

The 3592 line of tape drives and media is not compatible with the IBM 3590 series of drives, which it superseded.

IBM 3592 drives and IBM 3592 drives and mediamedia

IBM3592 ("Generation 1")TS1120 ("Generation 2")TS1130 ("Generation 3")TS1140 ("Generation 4")

Tape length (m)

3592 J1A drive

TS1120 drive

TS1130 drive

TS1140 drive

3592 JJ/JR cartridge

246 m 60 GB 100 GB 128 GB n/a

3592 JA/JW cartridge

610 m 300 GB 500 GB 640 GB640 GB read only

3592 JB/JX cartridge

825 m 700 GB 1 TB 1.6TB

3592 JC/JY cartridge

880 m n/a n/a 4TB

3592 JK (short JC) cartridge

146 m n/a n/a 500GB

3592 drive emulations3592 drive emulations

TS1120TS1120CE OFFLINE CONFIG/INSTALL DRV OPTIONS DRV EMULATION EO5 (Default) J1A EMULATION J1A=3592 generation 1, e.g. previous version

TS1130TS1130EO6 (Default) E05 EMULATION NOT AVAILABLE?

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