Storage array comprising a host-offloaded storage function

A method for data storage in a storage system comprising one or more storage controllers, two or more storage devices and two or more storage clients, the storage controllers, the storage devices and the storage clients being coupled via a network in order to exchange information between the storage controllers, the storage devices and the storage clients, the method comprising:

• providing, by one or more processors, data-path-storage commands directly to the two or more storage devices by the two or more storage clients and bypassing the one or more storage controllers via the network, wherein the data-path-storage commands are initiated by the two or more storage clients and executed by the one or more storage controllers;
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• implementing, by the one or more processors, data redundancy using a data redundancy scheme higher than RAID 1.

A computer program product for data storage, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a processor, the computer program product comprising:

• providing, by one or more processors, data-path-storage commands directly to two or more storage devices by two or more storage clients and bypassing the storage controllers via the network, wherein the data-path-storage commands are initiated by the two or more storage clients and executed by the one or more storage controllers;
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• program instructions to implement data redundancy using a data redundancy scheme higher than RAID 1.