Data erasure, explained.
Practical guides on standards, drive types, wipe methods, and certificates — written for the people who have to prove a drive was erased.
Data erasure standards
NIST 800-88 Clear, Purge, and Destroy — plus what GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 ask for when you wipe a drive.
Read the guide →Drive types
The right erasure method for every drive — NVMe, SATA SSD, hard drive, SAS, and self-encrypting drives.
Read the guide →Wipe methods
Secure Erase vs Enhanced Erase, sanitise vs format, crypto vs block erase, and why overwrites have limits.
Read the guide →RAID to passthrough
Field note: the H330 to HBA330 crossflash — chip, drivers, flash sequence, SAS address, and what changes for SANITIZE and SMART.
Read the field note →Certificates & chain of custody
What a certificate of destruction is, what it must include, and how verification makes it audit-ready.
Read the guide →Buyer's guide
How to choose data erasure software — verifiable reports, hardware support, licensing, and no lock-in.
Read the guide →Compare
tScrub vs Blancco — same compliance outcome, no vendor lock-in.
See the comparison →Want the audit trail to match the theory?
tScrub turns every wipe into a verifiable, signed report — and a printable Certificate of Destruction.