Been there... I just had to write said policy about how I would "destroy" VMs 
on a storage array that makes all of the decisions itself about where blocks 
live.

I think I said I'd physically destroy any *real* hard drives.  Belt sanders, 
drills and target practice came to mind.

On Dec 10, 2013, at 8:55 AM, Jarred White <jarredwh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> PCI-DSS irony: you're going to smash the tapes to destroy them, but you'll 
> still be out of compliance for not having a policy describing how you destroy 
> the tapes. :P
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Tim Fournet <tfour...@tfour.net> wrote:
> Cut the tape, and feed one end into the paper shredder. Don't forget to video 
> the process
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Dustin Puryear <dpury...@puryear-it.com> 
> wrote:
> We pay a company to handle all of our HD destruction. It’s a gruesome, scary 
> process as they run the drives through the metal shredders. Bill, can you 
> email Mark?
> 
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> From: General [mailto:general-boun...@brlug.net] On Behalf Of Mark A. Lappin
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> Subject: [brlug-general] old tapes
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> Does anybody have a recommendation for a company who can handle destruction 
> of old backup tapes (and associated data on said tapes).
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