Hi

We run both. A ts3200 at a small site and 2 x ts3310 at 2 larger sites.
The ts3200 requires manual intervention for ejecting tapes etc which is
quite painful, but worth it for the smaller site.

I agree for Enterprise scalability to use the TS3310.
It is an amazingly simple yet powerful library.

We have a 9U expansion on it giving me 108 Tape Slots, 18 io slots and 4
drives. One thing to mention, you have to buy a licence to use 28 of the
slots on the 9U expansion as they are locked. Rather look at all the
options at time of purchase. AND max your drives as you will need them.

Regards

 
 
Adrian Compton
Aspen Pharmacare Port Elizabeth
tel: +2741 4072855
Fax: +2741 453 7452
Cell: +27823204495
Email: acompton AT aspenpharma DOT com

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Kelly Lipp
Sent: 22 October 2008 02:58 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM TS3310 vs IBM TS3200

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.
>