Do you really need DOD-level standards? You might consider the CIPHER
utility already included in Windows. CIPHER /W wipes erased space with three
passes: 00, FF, <random byte>. This is probably sufficient. I haven't
compared the speed of CIPHER to any third-party utilities, however.
Steve Riley
steve.riley[ at ]microsoft.com
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
"mark" <mwheat28[ at ]hotmail_NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > Wondering if anyone has a suggestion for how to perform selective deletion
> of data from multiple servers and volumes, that will meet DOD erasure
> standards when completed?
>
> One of our clients is not using our services any longer and has requested
> all data pertaining to their business, be deleted from any and all
> servers.
> Obviously backups will need to be addressed, but there are over 40 servers
> with multiple volumes and MS SQL Server.
>
> I have found a few utilities that appear to do this (like DODlete) but
> time
> and efficiency are a key component.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> mwheat
>
>
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