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How to perform Disk Erasure, Disk Clearing and Disk Sanitization based on US DoD recommendations

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Applies to

  • Data ONTAP 8 7-mode
  • Disk Sanitization

Description

This article describes the procedure to perform disk erasure, disk clearing and disk sanitization based upon the most up-to-date US DoD recommendations. It explains the difference between the three terms and also gives specific commands to be run in Data ONTAP.

 

 

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