Question data destruction issues....

[DataDestroyer2021]

So I have a setup for data destruction that includes 25 external docks, when I set the equipment up it was running fine but on occasions, one drive will crash and reset the whole process. I use KillDisk as the destruction platform but cannot figure out why this reset keeps happening?
Anyone with any knowledge or that has any ideas they can throw at me are welcome!!

 

[Ralston18]

More information needed.

Is just one particular drive causing the crash? One particular dock?

Or a change from X number of drives being data destructed to X+1 drives being data destructed and the quantity increase causes the crash?

What is the hardware environment: host computer/system for the 25 external docks?

What OS system in the host computer using? Windows 10?

Does KillDisk provide any progress or error reporting regarding data destruction and results?

Windows 10 - Look in Reliability History for entries related to the crashes.

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As just a opening thought I would suspect that the PSU cannot (no longer) meet the power demands of all of the drives undergoing data destruction plus the power demands of the host system OS and/or resources needed to sucessfully run "KillDisk".

PSU has begun to fail and falter and when some threshold power demand is hit then a crash occurs.

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition.

 

[kanewolf]

Yeah, power would be my first thought also. 25 drives at 5W each. And that might not all be on 12V, so it could be a different rail on the power supply that is lacking.

Isn't a drill press and a 1/2 drill much faster to make hard drives unreadable.

 

[DataDestroyer2021]

Current set up-

24 x Dual External Docks + 24 12v power supplies
HP Proliant ML 350 Gen 9
32gb ram - 2x 16gb ddr 4
E5-2620 v3 @2.40Ghz
3 x 7 port PCI USB 3.0
2 x 500 Watt PSU
Windows 10 Pro(21h1)
Killdisk industrial