1. Seismic field storage medium recommendations (June 2013 EAGE London)
Nils Aatland (CGG processing)
David Lewis (CGG acquisition)

2. Summary From Previous Meeting SEG 2012 (Main Points)

3. Status (seismic industry) Nov 2012
> 1000 IBM TS1120 drives (worldwide – offshore , only)
> JA cartridges in our industry ( )
(+ data processing, data management, Petrobanks, Oil Companies, ….) T
On or after the effective date of withdrawal, you can no longer order
Effective December 28, 2012, IBM will withdraw from marketing TS1120.
this product directly from IBM .
IBM TS1150 GA (General Availabilty): months from now?

4. IBM 3592 Nov 2012
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The 3592 line of tape drives and media is not compatible with the IBM 3590 series of drives, which it superseded.

5. IBM 3592 drives and media Nov 2012
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 GB
640 GB read only
3592 JB/JX cartridge
825 m
700 GB
1 TB
1.6TB
3592 JC/JY cartridge
880 m
4TB
3592 JK (short JC) cartridge
146 m
500GB

6. 3592 drive emulations Nov 2012 TS1120 CE OFFLINE CONFIG/INSTALL
DRV OPTIONS
DRV EMULATION
EO5 (Default)
J1A EMULATION J1A=3592 generation 1, e.g. previous version
TS1130
EO6 (Default)
E05 EMULATION NOT AVAILABLE?

7. Next standard in the seismic industry
Nov 2012
Next standard in the seismic industry

8. Current Status
Due to lack of true emulation highlighted in the last meeting CGG together with IBM are testing TS1130 (E06) that is forced to E05 density JA 500GB and also reporting itself as E05
Lab testing has shown promisng results.
Field Evaluations soon to be scheduled
This may allow the industry time to evaluate TS1150 (E08)
CGG and IBM are investigating ambient vibration on seismic vessels to see if there are issues that may affect EO7 and E08.

9. Next Standard?
Some companies have evaluated and some are already using E07
Selecting the next standard whether E07 or E08 not clear before:
Evaluations if any vibration issues are relevant
Lab and field testing of E08 completed
If E08 with native media in short tape form available.