Re: Old Backup Tapes

Below is a repost of information I tracked down on 8/27/08 and 8/29 -
it's about hard drive destruction but I'd assume they do tapes as well.

Rob

Jon Johnsen wrote, On 12/29/2008 8:35 AM:
> We have a large number of old backup tapes. I quit seeking and counting
> after 200. I am reasonably certain that at least some of the tapes
> contain restricted data.
>
> What are the least expensive ways to destroy the data (I assume that
> will require destruction of the tapes), and have an audit trail for the
> destruction, if that is necessary?
>

8/27/08

I just phoned an e-waste recycler who does disk shredding for Microsoft
and, they say, for the all of the County of Santa Clara government. If
we collect 100 drives they will come up from Santa Clara and take them,
shred each, provide a certificate of destruction with serial number for
each for $5. If we can get together 1,000 drives they will charge $3.

They also do free recycling of ewaste - provide a bin on-campus - and
the stuff is reused or smelted locally, thus not sent to China to become
part of those ewaste piles there.

http://bluestarco.com/faq.html#1

Video:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=destroy+hard+drive&hl=en&emb=0#q=destroy%20hard%20drive&hl=en&emb=0&start=30

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8/29/08
Easiest of all - it turns out that several units on campus use a
certified data destruction company in Oakland, Shred Works. They come by
every Friday and will pick up your drives for $10 each; $6 each in lots
of 20. 800-817-4733.

Rob

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Tech Support for IB
robweinberg_at_berkeley.edu
Department of Integrative Biology
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University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
510-642-2917
 
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