While FDR's got a fine product, I'm still curious as to what the native "Erase on Scratch" process from IBM provides. I mean, does it do a single pass, or is it DoD compliant? Does it run a byte-by-byte erasure or a block/track/cylinder overwrite of binary 0's and 1's? How much CPU overhead is produced to nuke a full disk pack or a 50 cylinder file? And, just to be fair, how does this compare to FDR's erasure software?
Bruce Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW there was an item in an IBM pub that at first attempted (IMO) to > come across as an article of fact finding as it turned out it was an > ad for FDR erase product. It was cleverly disguised, IMO but after > reading about the page after page of platitudes it was, come to find > out, an ad from the FDR people. Gee, Ed, I was going to answer your question, but I guess you don't want to hear from us -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300 personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tech support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.innovationdp.fdr.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
