The apparatus for a redundant interconnection between multiple hosts and a redundant
array of inexpensive disks (hereinafter, referred to as 'RAID'), which is capable
of supporting a fault tolerance of RAID controllers and simultaneously heightening
a performance, comprises a plurality of RAID controlling units for processing a
requirement of numerous host computers connected with one another through the industrial
standard communication network and for fault tolerance; a plurality of connecting
units for connecting the plurality of RAID controlling units to the numerous host
computers; and a plural number of network interface controlling units respectively
contained into the plurality of RAID controlling units, for exchanging information
directly with an opposite network interface controlling unit provided within an
opposite RAID controlling unit and the numerous host computers, through the plurality
of connecting units.