Originally Posted by
kss
I have a few docks that plug into USB for ide/sata drives, but they wipe SO SLOW. Maybe I dont have the correct type of docks? I feel like the usb is a bottleneck for wiping and figured a direct attached to the motherboard would wipe much faster. I feel like with the usb dock it goes like this
computer[Write 0s/Random]--->USB---->Dock---->Drive
And the USB bottlenecks its. However, if there was a dock that worked like this:
computer[Instruction to dock to write 0s/Random]---->USB---->Dock[Write 0s/Random]----->Drive
It may be faster. In the past Ive used either DBAN or just the DD command on linux, to wipe drives, and both seem to work out ok, just seemed too slow over USB last time I tried with the docks I have.
For a low volume fix find a motherboard with 4+ SATA ports and use that as your wiping computer. Since wiping is an overwriting process, USB and it's slow data rate will always be slow. Also security conscious folks won't be satisfied with DBAN or DD. Programs like HD Sentinel are cheap and have useful tools for drive health and can be used to wipe multiple drives at a time. For an upgrade from there build a rig from a server with a riser board for 16 drives at a time. There are also specialty machines vut those are pricey
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