Free tool to wipe old drives

[NJK-Work]

Does anyone have any advice on a free tool to use to wipe drives (SFF) connected to a RAID controller?  We used to use a Knoppix Linux boot CD with a tool called "Shredit" that we booted up on an old DL380 G4 server with the internal drives connected to a SCSI controller instead of the built-in RAID controller for the older style drives.  But this solution is not working for the new model servers with the newer drive (SFF) types.  Plus having to have a seperate SCSI controller sucks - I would rather just be able to use the internal RAID controller.

Also, booting from USB would be preferable.

Any suggestion?  Does HP have a free tool (I doubt it, but I thought I would ask).

Thanks

Nelson

[Johan Guldmyr]

Hi, I doubt this has anything to do with the form factor of the drives. It's probably a SAS RAID controller on newer drives.

Usually these shredding applications wants direct access to the disks, not via a RAID controller. Have you considered that maybe this shredit might work if you load the drivers for the SAS RAID controller?

I believe I've seen other posts on this forum on this topic, tried a search?

[Torsten.]

If you boot the smartstart CD you will find a tool to delete the disks.

[Mark Matthews]

Hmmm, the System Erase Utility on the SS CD doesnt exactly do it securely though, it only erases the FAT tables on the disks!

You'll still need to use a third party util if you want a more secure wipe...

[Bart_Heungens]

Hi,

If you have a G6 or G7 server, there is a SAAP Smart Array Advanced Pack license (similar to ILO advanced license) that provides you with a lot of additional functionality. One of them is a secure erase...

Kr,

Bart Heungens