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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require File.expand_path('../config/environment', __dir__)
+require "optimist"
+
+opts = Optimist.options do
+  opt :dry_run, "Just print out what would be done without modifying anything", :type => :boolean, :default => true
+end
+
+if opts[:dry_run]
+  puts "\n"
+  puts "* This is a dry run and will not modify the database"
+  puts "* To actually delete archived datastores pass --no-dry-run\n\n"
+end
+
+active_storage_ids = HostStorage.pluck(:storage_id).uniq
+archived_storages = Storage.where.not(:id => active_storage_ids).pluck(:id, :name)
+
+if archived_storages.empty?
+  puts "No archived storages found"
+else
+  puts "Deleting the following storages:"
+  puts archived_storages.map { |id, name| "ID [#{id}] Name [#{name}]" }.join("\n")
+end
+
+return if opts[:dry_run]
+
+archived_storage_ids = archived_storages.map(&:first)
+Storage.destroy(archived_storage_ids)