
14 IBM ESS and IBM DB2 UDB Working Together
2.1 ESS concepts
The following describes some of the basic concepts and components of an ESS. Keep in
mind that some of the terms may conflict with similar concepts within operating system or
software layers. Even though we’ll clarify things here, you’ll find that some of the literature,
especially earlier documents, will blur these definitions. Figure 2-1 shows some of the major
components of an enterprise storage system.
Figure 2-1 Enterprise Storage System components
2.1.1 Clusters
In the larger computer world, clusters are groupings of stand-alone systems (normally
referred to as nodes), which hav ...