Storage estates
Storage & SAN Array Decommissioning Services
Storage carries the highest data risk in the room and often the highest residual value. USACA Group decommissions enterprise storage — SAN, NAS, disk shelves, tape libraries and flash arrays — with drive-level accountability and value recovery on controllers, shelves and interconnect.
Who this service is for
Storage and infrastructure teams, backup and archive owners, regulated enterprises retiring arrays, and operators consolidating onto new platforms.
Drive-level accountability across storage estates, with destruction evidence per serial and remarketing of the surrounding hardware.
- storage array decommissioning
- SAN decommissioning services
- disk shelf removal
- tape library decommissioning
- enterprise storage disposal
What you receive
Drive-level inventory
Every disk, SSD and tape captured by serial, slot and enclosure as it is removed from the array.
Serialized destruction
Media shredded, crushed or certified-sanitized with method, operator and timestamp logged per unit.
Controller and shelf recovery
Controllers, shelves, HBAs, SFPs and interconnect triaged for remarketing rather than scrapped by default.
Tape library handling
Libraries, drives and cartridge inventories handled with tape destruction evidence where required.
Reconciled reporting
Slot-level manifest reconciled against destruction logs so no drive is unaccounted for.
How it works
A documented process, start to certificate.
- Step 01
Confirm the estate
Arrays, enclosures, drive counts and data classification confirmed before scheduling.
- Step 02
Controlled shutdown
Power-down support, cable labelling and safe de-installation of shelves and controllers.
- Step 03
Extract and scan
Drives pulled and scanned by slot and serial into the tracking record at the rack.
- Step 04
Destroy media
On-site or secure-warehouse destruction to the agreed standard with live logging.
- Step 05
Recover hardware
Chassis, controllers and optics tested and routed to buyer channels.
- Step 06
Report and certify
Destruction certificates, drive-level logs and settlement issued together.
FAQ
Common questions
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