Datacomputer and SIP Operations
Abstract
During 1978, Computer Corp. of America offered very large on-line data storage and retrieval services on the Datacomputer in support of the seismic community data activities and for general use. The Datacomputer is a system designed to allow convenient and timely access to large on-line databases for multiple remote users communicating over a network. The Datacomputer is only operational general purpose database system capable of handling data sets in excess of a trillion bits. Copious and inexpensive storage is a unique feature of the CCA Datacomputer, made possible by the incorporation of an Ampex Tera-Bit Memory System (TBM). The TBM at CCA was the first public installation of this video-tape technology based system. The CCA installation is configured to hold up to 175 billion bits on-line with four TBM tape drives. Additional data (almost entirely seismic) is stored in off-line TBM tapes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 30, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA068608
Entities
People
- Donald E. Eastlake Iii
- Joanne Z. Sattley
- Matthew Maltzman