Earth Signal Doubling per-core performance by migrating to IBM POWER9 Computer Services Business challenge Oil and gas companies need fast results from seismic surveys to determine the right bidding strategy for new sites. As data volumes grew, Earth Signal had to ramp up performance to meet rising demand. Transformation Earth Signal upgraded to an IBM Power® Systems L922 with two IBM POWER9 processors, deployed alongside four existing IBM POWER8® processor-based servers. “We tested the L922 for about a month, running every program and calculation that we normally use, and it was 100 percent faster across the board.” —Kevin Rakos, System Administrator, Earth Signal Processing Earth Signal Doubling per-core performance by migrating to IBM POWER9 Solution components IBM® Power® Systems L922 Business benefits: 2x performance increase for floating-point computations, accelerating analysis Delivers more detailed seismic surveys to clients faster than before Maintains low environmental footprint in server room Client Name Earth Signal Company Background Founded in 1993, Earth Signal Processing is a global leader in seismic data processing, helping clients in the oil and gas industry to crunch their data faster and in greater detail to find new opportunities for profit. Specializing in onshore, high-resolution 2D and 3D seismic data processing, the company’s proprietary SeisRight processing software offers extremely fast and accurate results to clients. Business challenge Oil and gas companies need fast results from seismic surveys to determine the right bidding strategy for new sites. As data volumes grew, Earth Signal had to ramp up performance to meet rising demand. The benefit With the latest POWER9 processors performing floating-point arithmetic twice as fast as its previous platform, Earth Signal can speed through enormous data sets to deliver timely analysis to clients. Pull Quote ““We tested the L922 for about a month, running every program and calculation that we normally use, and it was 100 percent faster across the board.” —Kevin Rakos, System Administrator, Earth Signal Processing Solution components IBM® Power® Systems L922 Case study Link https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/earth-signal-systems-hardware-seismic-data-power9 Read the case study: https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/earth-signal-systems-hardware-seismic-data-power9 Founded in 1993, Earth Signal Processing is a global leader in seismic data processing, helping clients in the oil and gas industry to crunch their data faster and in greater detail to find new opportunities for profit. Specializing in onshore, high-resolution 2D and 3D seismic data processing, the company’s proprietary SeisRight processing software offers extremely fast and accurate results to clients.