Single port data storage device with multi-port virtualization

A system comprising a remote host connected to a diskgroup comprising a first single port data storage device and a second single port data storage device, the diskgroup comprising a first controller connected to the first single port data storage device and a second controller connected to the second single port data storage device, each controller comprising a multipath I/O circuitry and a remote data memory access module, each single port data storage device initialized with a first logical volume and a second logical volume by the respective first controller and second controller, the first logical volume of each single port data storage device accessed by the remote data memory access module of a controller of a different single port data storage device to store data to service a data access request from the remote host, the second logical volume of each data storage device configured to accessed by the remote data memory access module of a controller of a different single port data storage device to store data emulated from a different single port data storage device of the diskgroup, the second volume of at least one single port data storage device of the diskgroup accessed by a remote data memory access module in response to data request to the first volume of the first single port data storage device.