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S o l u t i o n P r o f i l e Hitachi Data Systems Upstream Oil and Gas Overview Reduce time-to-oil by interpreting more data in less time Escalating demand for energy and diminishing access to conventional supplies are pushing up prices and making unconventional sources of energy commercially viable – indeed, making them essential to meet demand and fuel the economy. In the competitive race to discovery, we understand that time is money. Energy demand in developed countries/ OECD economies are expected to stabilize due to focus on energy efficiency, while developing/emerging economies (non-OECD) are projected to require much more energy – 2x growth in the next 30 years – resulting in dramatically increasing energy needs. Like you, Hitachi Data Systems knows that innovation is the key to progress. We believe that data drives our world and information is the new currency. We are committed to reducing the amount of workflow time necessary to reach a successful drilling solution, or a reservoir management solution, that allows you to make decisions faster and improve and predict production. To achieve this, we will interpret more data in less time and accelerate analysis workflows and decision-making. We and our ecosystem of partners will work closely with you to accelerate total workflow, from data acquisition through data management, seismic processing, visual interoperation, modeling automation, petrophysical analysis and property modeling to simulation. By interpreting more data in less time, we will reduce time-to-oil as well as enable safer and more efficient production of energy. Hitachi Data Systems S o l u t i o n P r o f i l Dealing with big data requires a complete solution of global support, hardware and software components, and integration with thirdparty solutions – not parts. Business overview Risk continues to dominate the energy landscape and competition is rapidly becoming a dominant consideration. Oil and gas companies have seen significant increases in drilling, service, production, and operating costs over the past decade and more complex operations generally mean more expense, but with potentially huge returns. To mitigate risk and gain a competitive advantage, it is imperative to create high-quality decision-support information that enables companies to bid on very large contracts with immense responsibilities – or to decline participation where the information is less favorable. Either way, companies must arrive at well-researched decisions as quickly as possible. To control costs, increase production, drive for higher safety, and comply with environmental regulations, oil and gas companies must continue to optimize processes and embed controls. In an effort to contain costs, companies typically focus heavily on 3rdparty spend, headcount, shared services, IT efficiencies and outsourcing in areas not deemed part of their core competency. Business success, however, depends on keeping data pure and accessible. Hitachi Data Systems solutions create such efficiencies and protect your investment. The oil and gas industry is one of the highest consumers of data storage in the world, and ever-changing business requirements and demands for the discovery and production of hydrocarbons require new solutions. e 2 Business Value As a solutions provider, we must clearly state how to define a solution. A solution must resolve a business problem, which typically fulfills a step in a business process and fits within a defined workflow. Solutions range from simple to complex, involving collaboration of one or more ISVs, one or more IT infrastructure vendors, and the end-user’s business unit. Dealing with big data requires a complete solution of global support, hardware and software components, and integration with thirdparty solutions – not parts. Hitachi Data Systems provides solutions that have been architected for diverse performance requirements, massive scalability, and reduced complexity, while saving on total cost of ownership. We manage the information lifecycle and ensure secure access to the right information via multiple access paths in an ever-changing environment, as well as provide cost-efficient and nondisruptive scaling. ■■ Make higher quality decisions faster by increasing the delivered performance and capacity in mixed application workflows ■■ Optimize for the right technology use – in the right place – and enable transparent migration between technologies ■■ Control complexity and simplify administration while meeting power, space and cooling requirements ■■ Virtualize and consolidate across file-oriented and block-oriented needs ■■ Easily secure information access and collaboration with heterogeneous clients and multiple access protocols ■■ Automate compliance and data retention policies ■■ Provide multitenant and virtualization support ■■ Store and search archived data Although the industry continues to adapt quickly to its challenges, IT infrastructures are challenged to keep up with serving the data to the computational operations. Unfortunately, I/O performance bottlenecks can occur when traditional NAS and SAN storage systems host the data and feed into the computational workflows. These systems do not deliver the performance or scalability needed to support today’s energy exploration efforts. Performance bottlenecks become especially evident during peak load times, in a shared environment, where multiple demands simultaneously stress the storage system. Challenges ■■ Many interconnected, increasingly complex and rapidly changing workflows ■■ Exponential growth in the volume of data ■■ Computational demands increasing by orders of magnitude ■■ Managing complexity and increasing efficiency ■■ Facilitating collaborative computing and secure access to data S o l u t i o n P r o f i l Think big Although oil and gas companies have considerable experience working with big data, they now have access to information that was once only dreamed about. Organizations are turning to advances in seismic imaging, real-time information sharing and analysis to determine the commercial viability of tapping new reservoirs and optimizing production to meet increasing energy demand. Inherent in these technological advances are evergrowing data of all types, multitudes of data sources and faster acquisition times that continue to amass terabytes and even petabytes of information per square kilometer. This mass of information is a collection of different data sets, so large, varied and complex that it becomes increasingly difficult and time-consuming to work with efficiently using traditional relational databases. Instead, hardware-accelerated network storage solutions and parallel file systems are required to serve data to tens, hundreds, or even thousands of analysis servers. Hitachi Data Systems delivers enterprise-level data management and availability along with exceptional e 3 hardware and software solutions that make processing massive quantities of data, in the fastest possible times, appear simple. This powerful combination means that in addition to serving that data we also protect it and help the IT staff manage it. When a few minutes or even seconds make the difference in achieving business success, you need a complete solutions provider that has the business agility to manage and scale in real time with your business. We understand the importance of having constant access to your data along with the assurance that data protection has been architected into the solution from the outset. Interpret more seismic data in less time ■■ ■■ Get performance and advanced data management features to meet the challenges of today’s data-intensive oil and gas exploration activities and strict project deadlines Accelerate discovery in oil and gas exploration with high performance, massive scalability, reduced cost of ownership and multiple OS support Our focus is not how you run your business. We are focused on why you are in business. Better storage for richer data ■■ Maintain high data throughput and high I/O performance to keep today’s highperformance computing clusters satisfied ■■ Scale easily to accommodate the rapidly growing data sets from seismic imaging techniques for the data acquisition, processing, or interpretation phases ■■ Consolidate petabytes of data onto a single infrastructure with a common set of management tools ■■ Support standard protocols and accommodate applications running on all operating systems, even when they’re accessing the same dataset ■■ Beyond performance, reduce the discovery process by days or even weeks by avoiding bottlenecks Features and benefits ■■ Use a full set of high-availability features such as redundant components and paths, multiple RAID levels, and cluster failover across multiple nodes to avoid downtime ■■ Accommodate today’s exploration equipment that uses many different applications running on a variety of operating systems, including Unix, Linux, and Windows ■■ Adapt to a large number of simultaneous reads against the same stored dataset as calculations are distributed across hundreds or thousands of servers S o l u t i o n P r o f i l e Hitachi Services Framework CONSULT PLAN AND DESIGN Executive ownership GOVERNANCE TRANSITION Program management OPERATE Project management ■■ Business stakeholders ■■ Business case ■■ Transformation roadmap ■■ Transformation attainment ■■ Operational maturity ■■ Service catalog ■■ ITSM architecture ■■ Service management process standards ■■ Operation readiness ■■ Capacity management ■■ Asset management ■■ Operational management PEOPLE ■■ Skills assessment ■■ Skills gap analysis ■■ Organizational change ■■ Organizational transition ■■ Operational residences CONTENT ■■ Content analysis ■■ Data analysis ■■ Content and data man- ■■ Content migration ■■ Data migration ■■ Application integration ■■ Data reporting, monitoring TECHNOLOGY ■■ Technology assessment ■■ DO assessment ■■ Alignment to reference ■■ Technology implementation ■■ Technology integration ■■ Technology reporting BUSINESS PROCESS alignment analysis ■■ Service definition agement architecture architecture monitoring and provisioning and monitoring The Hitachi Data Systems advantage Hitachi Data Systems provides best-inclass information technologies, services and solutions that ■■ Deliver compelling customer ROI ■■ Manage data growth while collecting and connecting data to create valuable information ■■ Provide performance and capacity scaling combined with enterprise-class data management ■■ Cut costs, reduce operational complexity and improve IT agility ■■ Allow people to access, share and secure information Corporate Headquarters 2845 Lafayette Street Santa Clara, California 95050-2639 USA www.HDS.com ■■ Help organizations innovate, collaborate and grow ■■ Integrate compute, storage, networking, software and services in end-to-end solutions We combine our systems, software and expertise and work with our ecosystem of partners to meet the needs and budgets of the most demanding companies. Our applications offer ■■ End-to-end virtualization across both file and block ■■ Massive consolidation ■■ Data replication ■■ Archival solutions ■■ Ability to scale up and scale out as business objectives require Our solutions enable ■■ Broad heterogeneous storage management ■■ Business continuity ■■ Backup and recovery ■■ Performance enhancement ■■ Data migration ■■ Data lifecycle management Finally, our consultative approach and deep expertise allows you to effective reach your desired state. This is accomplished by following the Hitachi Services Framework, which delivers deep expertise, proven methodology, and best practices to help your organization maximize the value of your investment. Regional Contact Information Americas: +1 408 970 1000 or [email protected] Europe, Middle East and Africa: +44 (0) 1753 618000 or [email protected] Asia Pacific: +852 3189 7900 or [email protected] Hitachi is a registered trademark of Hitachi, Ltd., in the United States and other countries. Hitachi Data Systems is a registered trademark and service mark of Hitachi, Ltd., in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks, service marks and company names in this document or website are properties of their respective owners. Notice: This document is for informational purposes only, and does not set forth any warranty, expressed or implied, concerning any equipment or service offered or to be offered by Hitachi Data Systems Corporation. © Hitachi Data Systems Corporation 2012. All Rights Reserved. SP-127-A MARK 345 November 2012