A storage server creates a first mirror of a primary volume of data on a
first storage set that includes at least one disk and creates a second
mirror of the primary volume, on a second storage set that also includes
at least one disk. The server then quiesces the second storage set. A
user then decouples the second storage set from the server and transports
the second storage set off-site. The storage server then saves one or
more incremental backups of the primary volume on the first storage set
according to a specified backup schedule. According to a specified
rotation schedule, a user subsequently recouples the second storage set
to the server. The server detects the recoupling and, in response,
automatically resynchronizes the second mirror with the primary volume,
and swaps the active-inactive statuses of the first and second mirrors.
The process repeats as needed.