[Beowulf] Data Destruction

Ellis Wilson ellis at ellisv3.com
Wed Sep 29 15:46:53 UTC 2021


On 9/29/21 11:41 AM, Jörg Saßmannshausen wrote:
> If you still need more, don't store the data at all but print it out on paper
> and destroy it by means of incineration. :D

I have heard stories from past colleagues of one large US Lab putting 
their HDDs through wood chippers with magnets on the chipped side to 
kill the bits good and dead.  As a storage fanatic that always struck me 
as something I'd have loved to see.

Best,

ellis


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