The TS3200 can now have up to four HH LTO3 or LTO4 drives.  The LTO4 are SAS 
drives.  So pretty good throughput in a little space.

On an interesting side note, the OEM version of that library will be stackable 
soon.  I doubt that IBM will market it that way as it will conflict with the 
TS3310.

Kelly Lipp
CTO
STORServer, Inc.
485-B Elkton Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
719-266-8777
www.storserver.com


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Wanda Prather
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:42 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM TS3310 vs IBM TS3200

I've got customers I've set up with both.
Nothing wrong with either.

Only buy the TS3200 if you are certain your environment will never require
more than 2 drives, or more cartridge capacity; it's not expandable.

The TS3310 is more robust and expandable to full rack height and many drives
(I've gone through 3 customer expansions, it's very straightforward.)  Base
unit has 6 slots in the I/O door, TS3200 only 3.

Drivers & setup for use with TSM is the same.
It's all about your requirements.

W



On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Larry Peifer <Larry.Peifer AT sce DOT com> 
wrote:

> We are debating whether to purchase the IBM TS3310 or the TS3200 tape
> library for use with our existing TSM environment.  We are an AIX shop
> running 4 Gig interfaces on a 4 Gig FC switch.  This equipment will replace
> our existing IBM 3583 tape library.  Any first hand experience would be
> appreciated.
>