[ale] erasing a hard drive

[Geoffrey Myers]

Van Loggins wrote:
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:37:39 -0400
>> From: Robert <rs at ale.spam.futz.org>
>> Subject: Re: [ale] erasing a hard drive
>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>> Message-ID: <20110826103739.446be83e at revelstone.com>
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>>> I've drawn a blank.  What is the name of that free software that I can
>>> use to erase a hard drive?  It will run multiple overwrites?
>>>
>>> I've got a number of old drives I need to dispose of and I don't want to
>>> bother trying to figure out what's on them.
>>>
>> shred?
>>
> 
> We use DBAN Darik's Boot and Nuke to erase deprovisioned server's hard
> drives to ensure that our customer's data is completely removed from
> the drives before they are returned to available inventory. I work for
> a major internet hosting company in Atlanta, GA, we always go with the
> autonuke option it takes a while to erase, but it ensures that the
> data can't be recovered.

Van, can you define 'takes a while?'

> 
> here is the url for the site.
> 
> http://www.dban.org/
> 
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