[Cialug] Wiping server hard drives

[Crouse]

I always keep a copy of slax (live linux) around... for me it's a simple command
usually something like this:

for n in `seq 7`; do dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda; done

You could create a simple script for every drive in the system and
just let it run.

Or if your willing to spend a bit under $600 :)  There is always this:
https://www.infostroyerstore.com/ONSCategory.aspx?catid=5


On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Rob Miller <robarooney at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.killdisk.com/
>
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Hasler, Chris
> <ChrisHasler at alliantenergy.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm a new member of the group (just joined yesterday).  Does anyone have a
>> good method, process or utility to wipe server hard drives clean when
>> decommissioning hardware?
>> I mostly deal with server class hardware containing array controllers with
>> hard drives in RAID configurations so any utility would need to be able to
>> recognize that.
>>
>> I've been experimenting with the shred coreutil and it seems to do what I
>> want.  Any other suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris H.
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