1. Chemicals & Petroleum
Business challenge
Data is Drillinginfo’s most important asset. To support a growing business and new services, serving up insights rapidly is vital—and the company sought out a more reliable, scalable storage platform.
Transformation
By deploying IBM® Spectrum Storage and IBM® Storage solutions, Drillinginfo transformed storage management, enabling unprecedented service continuity while driving up efficiency.
“IBM Spectrum Virtualize allowed us to achieve a data compression rate of 75 percent, enabling us to make greater use of our storage resources without any impact on performance.” —Andy Davis, Storage Architect, Drillinginfo
Business benefits: 8x
smaller storage footprint makes room for growth and reduces TCO
75%
compression rate optimizes storage resources with no negative performance impact
High
reliability enables stellar customer service and supports innovation
Drillinginfo
Enabling data-driven decisions across the oil and gas sector by broadening and enhancing services
Solution components
IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM Spectrum Scale™
IBM Spectrum Virtualize™
IBM Storwize® V5000
Client Name
Drillinginfo
Company Background
Drillinginfo delivers business-critical insights to oil and gas industries through a state-of-the-art SaaS platform built on industry-leading data and energy analytics. Its solutions deliver value across the upstream and downstream supply chain. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and employs more than 400 people.
Business challenge
Data is Drillinginfo’s most important asset. To support a growing business and new services, serving up insights rapidly is vital—and the company sought out a more reliable, scalable storage platform.
The benefit
Drillinginfo reduced its storage footprint by 88 percent, achieved a data compression rate of 75 percent, and ensured consistently high performance, enhancing customer satisfaction and efficiency.
Pull Quote
“IBM Spectrum Virtualize allowed us to achieve a data compression rate of 75 percent, enabling us to make greater use of our storage resources without any impact on performance.”
—Andy Davis, Storage Architect, Drillinginfo
Solution components
IBM® SAN Volume Controller
IBM Spectrum Scale™
IBM Spectrum Virtualize™
IBM Storwize® V5000
Case study Link
Drillinginfo delivers business-critical insights to oil and gas industries through a state-of-the-art SaaS platform built on industry-leading data and energy analytics. Its solutions deliver value across the upstream and downstream supply chain. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and employs more than 400 people.
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