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That's where DLTtape technology comes in. Ontario-based Avax
International specializes in unattended tape backup and data inter-
change solutions. The firm supplies DLTtape systems for a wide
range of applications, including oil and gas exploration. In the
words of Andrew Senior, an applications engineer at Avax,
"DLTtape systems can record a lot of data fast."
Another important geophysical application is transcribing data
from old tapes to DLTtape cartridges. Gary Dunand is president of
Direct Digital Online, a Calgary firm that specializes in handling
seismic data. He explains that, "Oil and gas companies can reduce
their data storage and insurance costs by transcribing old tapes
onto new DLTtape cartridges. We can fit two hundred to three
hundred 3480 cartridges onto a single DLTtape cartridge."
"Data recorded in the 70's and early 80's was mostly stored on old
nine and twenty-one-track round tape reels," Dunand explains. "It's
worth preserving that old data, because new processing techniques
help companies uncover new information about those geological
structures. Some of the land that is covered by that data is now
closed to exploration, so it makes that data even more valuable."
Disaster Recovery
At first blush, disaster recovery seems like a traditional "horizon-
tal" application for backup and archiving. However, as more and
more organizations transition to 7x24 operations, the need for new
approaches to backup and disaster recovery preparedness are
emerging. For many organizations, gone are the days when you
could send your weekly or monthly full backups offsite and feel
secure about your recovery prospects.
10.10 VERTICAL MARKET APPLICATIONS