Computer History Storage: 1995 IBM MAGSTAR Magnetic Tape Backup System (mainframe, CERN)

Computer History IBM vintage 1995 video describing their new MAGSTAR Tape Storage System. Original Promo, interviews with users, good color and sound. Runs 9 minutes. The IBM Magstar 3590 Tape Subsystem provides high levels of capacity, performance, and reliability for S/390, RS/6000, AS/400 and a variety non-IBM UNIX and Microsoft Windows systems. It offers significant enhancements over IBM 3480, 3490, or 3490E tape drives and demonstrates IBM’s continued leadership in storage solutions. This original IBM promotional film shows interviews with various users of the Magstar system, including CERN particle physics laboratory and several German companies. Good information. The IBM 3590 system was discontinued in 2006. Magstar High Performance Tape Subsystem implementation 1997 (IBM Document)