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- mhenders: Drobo gotcha: You can (and should) allow Drobo to format itself *larger* than the total disk cap you've installed. (Default 2, better 16GB)
- mhenders: @exposur3 4 500GB drives. The docs advise to only buy what you need *now*, given how fast drive prices drop.
- mhenders: @dspiers Will do. I plan to connect it to a server, and create 2 partitions: (1) a shared Time Machine, (2) shared general storage. Mac OSX
- mhenders: @markboulton And letting 10 years go by isn't a good idea either... "Marge, we've got a bleeder in here!"
- mhenders: @markboulton I just went for the first time in 10 years. :-( I also noticed they've stopped cleaning with a rubber bit and strawberry paste.
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On August 30, 2005, Patrick Haney said:
…Now I can finish erasing the old drive and throw it in the trash with a smile on my face.
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I no longer believe that software will fulfill the role of cleaning up. I no longer throw hard disks in the trash. I recommend destroying them with a good sledge hammer, the cost of the sledge hammer is well worth the loss of data that can be obtained using good forensic software.
See “Remembrance of Data Passed: A Study of Disk Sanitization Practices” IEEE Security & Privacy
http://www.simson.net/clips/academic/2003.IEEE.DiskDriveForensics.pdf
Which states on page 19 on the right side…
The most common techniques for properly sanitizing
hard drives include
ï Physically destroying the drive, rendering it unusable
ï Degaussing the drive to randomize the magnetic domainsómost likely rendering the drive unusable in the process
ï Overwriting the driveís data so that it cannot be recovered
Sanitizing is complicated by social norms.
Clearly, the best way to assure that a driveís information is protected is to physically destroy the drive.
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