Re: database decommission checklist

From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:08:30 -0700
Message-ID: <bf46380906301008k35da2fc3q16f8e119c5a275c_at_mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:40 AM, QuijadaReina, Julio C < QuijadJC_at_alfredstate.edu> 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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