![]() ![]() If you can pickup a Dell Precision T7610 cheap on eBay, the default hardware configuration on that workstation is to have a SAS controller running the hard drives and it has four, front accessible drive bays where the drives go into trays much like a server. We generally only wipe drives that are coming out of service in one location to be used elsewhere in the organization because when they are not working any more, we have our own crusher and drives never leave the facility. ![]() I have a server with 80, 4TB drives in it that I am not looking forward to decommissioning. Certainly more than a hundred, but you stop counting after a short time. I can't tell you how many drives I have wiped that way. Which is recognized by DBAN and it works like a champ. But you can connect 8 drives to a plain controller like this: If you want a certificate at the end, you can buy the commercial version from Blancco (DBAN offers a free trial of Blancco) because, reasons. ![]() ![]() Use a utility like DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke) https:/ Opens a new window /, with a plain old SAS HBA that gives direct access to the drive and DBAN will totally clear the drive, end to end. First, you don't need to establish an array at all. ![]()
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