LTO media have a chip in the casing, the old electro magnet trick from the time of reel tapes
will destroy the LTO media chip and make the cartridge unusable.
My theory is if you do enough full tape writes to ensure that no cryptographic goon squad is
ever going to be able to recover the original data, you will have worn out the tape.
Therefore, some grind them up and recycle the parts place that is certified and will certify
that the tape was destroyed (like SecurShred) is your best bet.
Frank
On 8/5/09 10:01 PM, Alex wrote:
I believe point two was recycle and burning plastic, I believe, is the
opposite of that. As for data recovery you could build a simple electro
magnate and just let it sit on them for a bit. I don't know if that
would fit the 100% requirement but honestly if you want them to be
usable after I don't think you could find that kind of guarantee.
-Alex
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:38 PM, David <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Well there's always that barrel in the backyard.... *Searches for
matches*
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binary and those who do not.
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David McClellan
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Stanley Brinkerhoff
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I have a stockpile of ~50 LTO1 tapes that I need to (in priority)
1. Be 100% sure the data is not recoverable in any way
2. Recycle
In that order of preference. The data is unknown, but probably
backups from systems. Is there anyone out there who recycles
these suckers and certifiably wipes them? Or do I just pay
someone (like SecureShred) to destroy them? Seems a pitty to
junk otherwise fine tapes.
Stan
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