Case Study: ION Geophysical achieves massive bandwidth and faster seismic processing with Pure Storage FlashBlade

Flashblade Gives Ion Geophysical A Seismic Shift In Storage Performance

ION Geophysical, a provider of seismic data and imaging for the oil & gas industry, faced a critical storage bottleneck: massive seismic surveys (hundreds of TB per product) and compute‑intensive workflows were starved for bandwidth by legacy storage, leaving servers idle and threatening project deadlines and client commitments.

After a successful proof‑of‑concept, ION deployed Pure Storage FlashBlade — a compact, high‑bandwidth all‑flash system — to consolidate data‑intensive workloads. FlashBlade delivered an order‑of‑magnitude boost in IOPS and throughput (a 4U system matching the bandwidth of dozens of legacy racks), enabling full server utilization, faster deliveries, lower operating overhead and staff needs, near‑zero maintenance, and improved reliability with non‑disruptive Evergreen upgrades.

ION Geophysical

Jim Dolan

Manager of HPC Worldwide Support