RE: database decommission checklist

Thanks for the reiteration, Jared.  And just to continue along those
lines, don't forget BCVs or snapshots, tape backups, etc. etc.  If you
have a real need to destroy data, you'll want to get your storage admins
involved, talk to your vendors, and potentially even purchase a
dedicated solution for data cleansing.

 

These days, a simple rm or even a shred is unlikely to really remove
your data everywhere.

 

Matt

 

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still
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Subject: Re: database decommission checklist

 

 

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:40 AM, QuijadaReina, Julio C
<QuijadJC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

Just to re-iterate what Matt Zito already stated:

 

That won't work on some storage systems.

 

In particular it will not work on NetApp, and there may be others.

 

Jared

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