Blancco safely erases logical drives

 

In today’s cloud computing environment, data centers need secure, cost-effective options for reusing enterprise storage system configurations without rebuilding them. To safely achieve this, administrators need a centralized tool that can erase logical drives like LUNs in an active storage environment where the host computer cannot be rebooted.

An erasure tool should support compliance with a wide variety of policies and regulations like PCI DSS and HIPAA, including auditable erasure reports, while providing ease of use and expedited data removal. LUN erasure is always managed remotely from the application server and should support simultaneous shredding of multiple units.

Example scenarios for LUN erasure:

• PCI DSS compliance
  Payment card information should not be stored more than five years under PCI DSS requirements. This indicates that data centers need an erasure product that can target specific LUN data on a time or event basis.
• Disaster recovery test
  After a disaster recovery test, multiple copies of LUN data exist and must be erased for security reasons.
• End-of-hosting subscription
  Erasure is necessary for LUN reuse in a hosted environment when a current customer leaves and a new user is assigned to an existing LUN.

Solution:

The Blancco ProActive LUN Shredder is a fast data erasure solution supporting simultaneous shredding of 200+ units by starting parallel instances of the software.

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