Overview of Hitachi Volume Shredder

Volume Shredder User Guide

Version: 9.6.0
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-98RD9018-04

Overview of Hitachi Volume Shredder
Data security practices and Volume Shredder
Supported volume types
Volume Shredder functions
Shredding times
Standard required time for hard disk drives
Standard required time for SSDs (with SAS interface)
Standard required time for SSDs (with NVMe interface)
Standard required time for SCMs
Standard required time for FMDs
Volume Shredder operations
Workflow for shredding
Blocking a volume
Blocking volumes in a parity group
Calculating the number of overwrite passes for flash drives or SCMs
Example of shredding data on flash drives or SCMs
Calculating the number of overwrite passes for FMDs
Example of shredding data on FMDs
Defining shredding conditions
Shredding a volume
Shredding volumes in parity groups
Viewing shredding status with the Tasks window
Viewing shredding status with the Logical Devices window
Stopping a shredding operation from HDvM - SN Tasks window
Stopping a shredding operation from HDvM - SN Interrupt Shredding Task window
Viewing shredding results with the Tasks window
Viewing shredding results in the compressed files
Understanding shredding results in compressed files
Volume Shredder GUI reference
Shred LDEVs wizard
Shred LDEVs window
Shred LDEVs wizard Confirm window
Edit Shredding Data Pattern window
Interrupt Shredding Task window

This chapter provides an overview of Volume Shredder operations.

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