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.
>