On the other hand, a physical degausser can destroy both SSDs and HDDs, but not tapes.
The matrix below shows what type of media each device (degausser, physical destroyer and rewriting data wiper) can sanitize
| Hard Disk Drives- All kinds ( 2.5", 3.5", SATA, SAS) |
Tapes - All Kinds |
Solid State Media ( Flash Drives, SSD) |
|
| Degausser | Can Sanitize* | Can Sanitize * | - |
| Physical Destroyer | Can Sanitize * | - | Can Sanitize * |
| Data Destroyer ( Rewriter) |
Can Sanitize # | Can Sanitize # |
* After degausser, the media becomes unusable. You cannot reuse the media.
# The rewriter needs the media in a working condition. How it works is that you connect the media to the rewriter and it writes a few passes of random data. The media can be reused after such a cleanup.
