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The network 116 may include servers, switches, routers, cabling, radios, and other equipment used to facilitate networking the host 106 or hosts 106 and clients. In one embodiment, the storage system 100 includes multiple hosts 106 that communicate as peers over a network 116. In another embodiment, the storage system 100 includes multiple storage devices 200 that communicate as peers over a network 116. One of skill in the art will recognize other computer networks comprising one or more computer networks and related equipment with single or redundant connection between one or more clients or other computer with one or more storage devices 200 connected to one or more hosts. In one embodiment, the storage system 100 includes two or more storage devices 200 connected through the network 116 to a remote host 106, without being directly connected to or integrated within a local host 106.

Added by DJM 12 2021