• 1992

Hardware Description

The F6456, which began shipping in September 1992, was Fujitsu’s mid-range tape library that used IBM 3480-format tape media. Fujitsu already had the F6455 tape library (which started shipping in April 1989) that worked with IBM 3480-format tape media. The F6456, however, was a compact tape library developed for small-scale systems out of increasing demands for automated operation.