在康柏公司的存储战略中,ENSA(企业网络存储体系结构)是一个非常重要的组成部分。ENSA与SAN(存储局域网络)相比,有什么特点呢?按康柏电脑公司存储产品部副总裁兼总经理Howard D.Elias先生的话说,ENSA的最终目标是使客户能够从其企业的任何地方轻松访问存储资源。 SAN是一种专用的高速网络,它能够建立存储元件与服务器之间的直接连接。而ENSA却集成了SAN技术,但是其在智能、地理分配和管理方面的实施超越了传统的SAN。ENSA包括存储产品、服务器、网络基础设施、链接设备(如网桥、交换机和集线器),以及用于监控和管理整个环境的组件。ENSA的单存储池概念极大地简化了获得存储资源和进行管理的过程,它能够进行广泛部署和集中管理,并且独 ENCS (Enterprise Network Storage Architecture) is a very important part of Compaq’s storage strategy. What is ENSA compared to a SAN (Storage Area Network)? According to Howard D. Elias, Vice President and General Manager of Compaq Computer’s Storage Products Division, the ultimate goal of ENSA is to enable customers to select from any Places easy access to storage resources. The SAN is a dedicated high-speed network that establishes a direct connection between storage elements and the server. ENSA, on the other hand, integrates SAN technology, but its implementation in terms of intelligence, geographic distribution and management goes beyond the traditional SAN. ENSA includes storage products, servers, network infrastructure, linked devices such as bridges, switches, and hubs as well as components for monitoring and managing the entire environment. ENSA’s single-storage pool concept greatly simplifies the process of getting storage resources and managing it, enabling it to be widely deployed and centrally managed, and alone