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What hardware do I need to wipe SCSI / FC hard drives?
I need to be able to wipe data from the drives shown in the picture. I'm trying to set up a hardware configuration from a Dell Precision Workstation T3500, but it is proving to be difficult.
What I'd like to do is add a PCI adapter to a PCI slot, then run a cable out the front for a single drive at a time. I have the following adapters:
--Dell/Adaptec C4272 ASC-39320 PCI-X U320 SCSI Ultra320 Controller Card
--Dell FJ114 Powervault Ultra320 SCSI to VHDCI 12ft 4M Cable
--4-pin power from Wall
--Dell W5644 68-Pin U320 SCSI Cable with Terminator
--SCA 80 TO 68 Pin Ultra SCSI II/III LVD-SE Adapter
What other components do I need to be able to wipe these drives? I think I have the SCSI drives covered but can you connect FC drives one and a time, without the use of a specific server or controller rack?
Obviously I know that I can use DBAN to wipe the drives.
1) How do I / is it possible to connect FC drives, one at a time, to a PCI card to wipe?
2) Do I have all necessary components to wipe SCSI type drives?
2 Answers
- tumbleweed_biffLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
I have never worked with FC, but it should be the same as anything else: get the drives physically connected and recognized by the controller firmware, boot your OS, and then use either your normal formatting or if you want a secure wipe, use Darak's Boot and Nukle ( DBAN.org ) or perhaps http://wipe.sourceforge.net/
- 8 years ago
On any x86 or x86_64 computer to which the drives are connected, you can use Darik's Boot And Nuke program (DBAN --- http://www.dban.org/ ).
Or, you can use any "mainstream" GNU/Linux-based distro's "Live" CD/DVD to boot the computer. In a Terminal window (as root) you can use the shred command.
For example, if one of the drives is "sda" you can type:
shred --force --iterations=3 --zero /dev/sda
Again, this must be done as root (either with su, sudo, or being logged in as root).
[You can choose other values for --iterations=3. I choose 3 arbitrarily.]
