Patent ID: 6859865

Claim:
A mirrored storage system for transcribing data from a storage consumer, said system comprising: (a) a primary site, and a remote site; (b) a communication link coupling said primary site to said remote site; (c) said primary site having an input coupled to the storage consumer for receiving data from the storage consumer, and said primary site including a primary controller and a primary storage device, said controller being operable for transcribing the data received from the storage consumer to said primary storage device, and said controller being operable for transmitting data to said remote site via said communication link; (d) said remote site having a remote controller and a remote storage device, and said remote controller being coupled to said communication link, and said remote controller being operable for receiving data transmitted by said primary controller and transcribing said received data to said remote storage device; (e) said communication link comprising a plurality of redundant communication paths, and said primary controller being operable to transmit a copy of the data received from the storage consumer on each of said redundant communication paths.