Re: Erasing DASD-decommission an AS400/iSeries/System i

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I told a customer once that if he thought I was going to un-erase 60 
drives then try to piece together his customer file he was completely 
zany. I suggested following his sysop to the corner quick-stop and 
swiping the tapes from the front seat would be significantly less costly 
AND quicker too! :o)

Holder, Ken wrote:
> FWIW, for nefarious activities I would think it'd be much easier to get a job as say a customer rep for a company. Then download the data to a jump drive via ODBC than the cost and time it would take trying to data mine iSeries disks (given Single Level Storage and all) that had the disks initialized and removed from the system.  
>
> It's just an observation on my part. 
>
> Ken H.
>
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Larry Bolhuis
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:11 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Erasing DASD-decommission an AS400/iSeries/System i
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>
> OK As 'the list' has pointed out, simply deleting the system will not 
> erase the data well enough to qualify for DOD specs. However let's do a 
> little thinking.
>