  We propose a feasible scheme of quantum state storage and manipulation via
electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in flexibly $united$
multi-ensembles of three-level atoms. For different atomic array
configurations, one can properly steer the signal and the control lights to
generate different forms of atomic entanglement within the framework of linear
optics. These results shed new light on designing the versatile quantum memory
devices by using, e.g., an atomic grid.
