Deploying legacy infrastructure to capture, interpret and store massive seismic data files requires a significant CapEx investment. These CapEx expenditures are particularly challenging given the uncertainty of what computational needs will be. As a result, organizations tend to either intentionally overbuy or unintentionally underbuy storage and performance capabilities. And once new equipment is purchased, the enterprise has to maintain and protect the hardware, software and data – another significant expenditure and drain on resources.

Combined with the high costs, legacy systems carry high risks (availability, backup and security of the data) that make the expenditures increasingly hard to justify. To begin with, legacy systems do not lend themselves to reviewing and retrieving stored data assets. When data is stored on archaic media such as disks or tapes, finding relevant information can be slow and labor-intensive. Furthermore, the physical storage materials often deteriorate over time to the point of being faulty or missing critical information.

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