Storage Area Network Increases Exploration Seismology Productivity.(Brief Article)

From: Fiberoptic Product News | Date: May 1, 2000 | Copyright information

Remington selected a Fibre Box storage system with more than a terabyte of Seagate Fibre Channel drives.

Implementation of the first Fibre Channel based storage area network (SAN) in the independent petroleum exploration business has helped Remington Oil and Gas increase exploration seismology productivity by 50%. Remington (Dallas, TX) is an independent energy company that explores for, develops and produces oil and natural gas.

"The data is served up so fast that it allows the same number of explorationists to get through half as much data as before," said Greg Cox, ...

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