Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:00:13 -0600 From: Alan Amesbury <amesbury@umn.edu> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting garbage faster using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <45DB8B8D.6080706@umn.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070220215248.3C22216D23E@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20070220215248.3C22216D23E@hub.freebsd.org>
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Ivan Voras wrote: > The obvious question - why don't you burn the tapes and hammer the disks? :) Ah, low-tech. I know it well. Still, the last time I did any data destruction, I found a 4 Tesla magnet does wonders. Downsides: 1) Oxford's 90cm bore, helium-cooled magnets aren't that common, perhaps because a 2000V/500A power source is a bit expensive (solution doesn't scale). 2) The hard drive has a tendency to fly out of one's hands while moving it through the lines of force (solution requires some physical coordination). It's primarily for item #1 that I hadn't mentioned this earlier, as most readers of -STABLE users are probably looking for a more scalable solution. -- Alan Amesbury University of Minnesota
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