better encrypt the drive and trash the key when you decommission.
Absolutely.
I’ve had to RMA defective HDDs, and was glad I didn’t have to think about what kind of data was still on the platters.
SSDs and HDDs don’t always completely fail either. I’ve had a case where the drive could still be read, albeit very slowly. Writes were not working. Kinda sucks if you wanted to empty the drive before handing it in for repair/replacement.
Trim does a pretty good job actually. Secure erase as well.
https://rossmanngroup.com/technical-reference/what-trim-does-and-why-it-destroys-data
Absolutely.
I’ve had to RMA defective HDDs, and was glad I didn’t have to think about what kind of data was still on the platters.
SSDs and HDDs don’t always completely fail either. I’ve had a case where the drive could still be read, albeit very slowly. Writes were not working. Kinda sucks if you wanted to empty the drive before handing it in for repair/replacement.