Dynamically allocating temporary replacement storage for a drive in a raid array

A method, comprising:

• communicating, using a network interface, with a remote bank of storage;
• ascertaining, in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID), at least one unavailable hard disk drive (HDD) of the RAID;
• determining an available remote storage target;
• dynamically updating a storage destination for data to be stored from the at least one unavailable HDD of the RAID to the available remote storage target;
• and
• sending the data over the network interface to the available remote storage target.

A program product, comprising:

• a storage device having computer readable program code stored therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to communicate, using a network interface, with a remote bank of storage;
• computer readable program code configured to ascertain, in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID), at least one unavailable hard disk drive (HDD) of the RAID;
• computer readable program code configured to determine an available remote storage target;
• computer readable program code configured to dynamically update a storage destination for data to be stored from the at least one unavailable HDD of the RAID to the available remote storage target;
• and
• computer readable program code configured to send the data over the network interface to the available remote storage target.