These elements communicate amongst themselves and act cooperatively to solve storage and data management problems.
Applications see only reliable, available disks that are provided on demand.
The second phase, delivered this year, creates a storage network in which multiple hosts have access to common storage. As a first step, Compaq introduced a network backup solution, the Enterprise Storage Backup Solution, that allows multiple hosts to share a common networked tape library. Further Compaq ENSA developments will include solutions that enable customers to create virtual pools of storage that can physically reside and be accessed from anywhere in their enterprises. Compaq ENSA provides investment protection with a comprehensive framework based on core technology, software, and services that allows all of a customer's existing storage assets to become part of the overall storage utility.