You really think one write to a disk is enough - Well so long as you aren't Dexter or Madoff! 2009/6/30 QuijadaReina, Julio C <QuijadJC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Linux, you can use a tool called ‘shred’. It will repeatedly write 25 > times over on the disk. Make it a little harder to recover data if that is > your intent. > > > > Julio > > > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Bobak, Mark > *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 5:40 PM > *To:* Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx; dcowles@xxxxxxxxxx; > oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: database decommission checklist > > > > And, might I add, when it comes to wiping the disk, one good wipe is all it > takes, contrary to what government standards say….. > > > > I challenge anyone to recover data from a disk after a single pass of: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd0 > > > > You do that, the data is gone, and it’s not coming back…. > > > > -Mark > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Allen, Brandon > *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 4:42 PM > *To:* dcowles@xxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: database decommission checklist > > > > I would just add wiping the disk, or taking a sledgehammer to it if it’s > really sensitive data and you’ll be decommissioning the hardware too, and > then other little things like updating documentation and maybe any clients, > e.g. tnsnames.ora files, that need to be updated. > > > > Regards, > > Brandon > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or > attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not > consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions > and other information in this message that do not relate to the official > business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed > by it. > -- Howard A. Latham