1. Seismic field storage medium recommendations (Nov 6, 2012 Las Vegas)
Group headed by Nils Aatland
Peder Berentzen

2. Invitation (1+ year ago).

3. SEG 2011
IBM Presentation (Jim Karp, Senior Development Engineer, IBM Data Protection and Retention) Oracle Presentation (Robert Raymond, Senior Manager, Oracle Tape Engineering)

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

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The 3592 line of tape drives and media is not compatible with the IBM 3590 series of drives, which it superseded.

6. IBM 3592 drives and media 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

7. 3592 drive emulations 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?

8. Next standard in the seismic industry