[GRLUG] Disk scrubber

[Tim Schmidt]

On 7/25/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I try not to think about such things.  But as several people in an old
> Slashdot article pointed out, if they could access overwritten data,
> wouldn't they try to use it to increase storage volume?
>

Modern drives fail enough already (if you don't believe me, try
running smartctl -a on your own drives).  It's one thing to offer
access to people attempting to recover information, another entirely
to increase reliable storage capacity.

--tim