ORNL shreds 250 petabytes of disk drives from the Summit supercomputer — Alpine storage system dismantled in preparation for the world’s fastest supercomputer

The Alpine storage system, a high-performance storage array for the world’s 9th fastest supercomputer, has shredded all of its drives by ORNL in preparation for its replacement, Alpine2, which will power Summit until November. 

The Alpine storage system, a high-performance storage array for the world’s 9th fastest supercomputer, has shredded all of its drives by ORNL in preparation for its replacement, Alpine2, which will power Summit until November.