Re: scratching a system -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: scratching a system
From: Calvin Buckley <calvin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:26:37 -0400
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As an addendum; I'd recommend keeping the drives physically working.
While it's tempting to physically destroy them, IBM i systems require
special drives. You could sell the drives since there's obviously going
to be a supply of systems that'll need them.

On Tue, 2021-02-09 at 09:16 -0800, Jerry Draper wrote:

We are decommissioning a system.

What is the best way to scratch the drives?

Is there a built in DOD erase pgm available in iOS?

Thanks,

Jerry

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