10.2.12 Secure Erase for Larger Drives

With this release, Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software supports secure erase for larger hard drives, and flash drives. The following are the approximate times needed to securely erase the drives using the supported algorithms:

Type of Drive One Pass (1pass) Three Pass (3pass) Seven Pass (7pass)

1.2 TB drive

1.67 hours

5 hours

11.67 hours

4 TB drive

8 hours

24 hours

56 hours

186 GB flash drive

NA

NA

36 minutes

See Also:

"Exadata Secure Erase"