Secure Data Deletion

[Mark Bills]

Does anyone know what the HP recommended method is for securely deleting data from disk drives?

I have a customer who is requesting that when we retire a server, we overwrite the data on all disk drives with generic data.

[melvyn burnard]

There are various methods that can be used, from dd'ing overthe disc, tousing mediaint or diagnostics.
It depends on how secure you/they want the discs wiped.
It may be worthwhile taking a look at:
http://www.lat.com/
as Los Altos Technologies have a package for securely wiping disc drives.

[Mark Bills]

I have tested UniShred Pro from Los Altos Technology. While it is a very good product, it is very expensive. I believe a single overwrite will be sufficent. Other than dd are there any other tools, commands or utilities included with the OS that will provide this function?

[Jitendra_1]

a mediainit on the disks will erase it completely and forever. I think thats what you need.