Obtaining data from a remote storage device using multiple jobs per device on RA

A method of retrieving data, comprising:

• providing a command to a remote storage device containing the data:
• receiving one of:
• the data or an indicator that the data is not available, wherein following receipt of the indicator, data becomes available at the remote storage device after an amount of time that corresponds to retrieving the data from a disk of the remote storage device;
• and
• the remote storage device retrieving data by providing a request for the data on a queue of the remote storage device that is serviced by a disk adapter corresponding to the disk of the remote storage device.

Computer software tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium and implemented to provide data from a volume of a remote storage device, comprising:

• executable code that receives a command sent to the remote storage device to request the data;
• executable code that provides the data if the data is stored in a cache portion of the remote storage device;
• and
• executable code that causes the data to be fetched from the volume and returns one of:
• a disconnect or an indicator that the data was not found if the data is not stored in the cache portion of the remote storage device, wherein executable code that causes the data to be fetched from the volume includes executable code that provides a request for the data on a queue of the remote storage device that is serviced by a disk adapter corresponding to the volume of the remote storage device.

A remote storage device, comprising:

• a disk;
• a cache memory in communication with said disk;
• means for receiving requests for data stored on said disk:
• means for providing requested data if the requested data is also stored in said cache memory;
• and
• means for causing the data to be fetched from said disk and providing one of:
• a disconnect or an indicator that the data is not found if the requested data is not stored in said cache memory, wherein means for causing the data to be fetched from said disk includes means for providing a request for the data on a queue of the remote storage device that is serviced by a disk adapter corresponding to said disk of the remote storage device.