RE: database decommission checklist
- From: "Matthew Zito" <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <dcowles@xxxxxxxxxx>, <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:30:19 -0400
I think the issue is more that today's storage arrays abstract things
enough that even dd'ing zeroes doesn't necessarily mean you're
destroying any data. For example, on NetApp, there is no such thing as
overwriting a block of data - when you write a block, it gets written to
free space somewhere in the volume, and the old used block is marked as
free and can be reused.
If you really need to destroy data, you'll need to get the SAN folks
involved.
Matt
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[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
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[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
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