Degaussing

secure deletion of data from magnetic tapes

The process of eliminating magnetization on a media is called degaussing (the unit of measure of magnetic inductive force is the gauss, named for mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss).

As a special service we offer to degauss all magnetic media with complete reliability and confidentiality.
The magnetization of the media will be reduced up to –90db - after which data can't be reconstructed. Accredited by NATO for security measures under number 5836-99-500-5299 (60Hz) und Nr. 5836-99-591-3345 (50Hz) und Din 33858.

The content of the media devices is never read, copied or analyzed in any manner. If desired, we can degauss the media at your site.

Prices upon request

re-usable tape formats after degaussing:

DLT	DLT III and IV Tapes
DAT	DLT III and IV Tapes

Some media devices cannot be used after their deletion because the factory made servo-tracks are also deleted.

LTO	Ultrium 1, Ultrium 2, Ultrium 3
Magstar	3570-B, 3570-C, 3590, 3590-E

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Gauss

It is named after Carl Friedrich Gauss, an early researcher in the field of magnetism. Due to magnetic hysteresis it is generally not possible to reduce a magnetic field completely to zero, so degaussing typically induces a very small "known" field referred to as bias.

 

His portrait was featured on the German ten-mark banknote.

The 10 Deutsche Mark banknote from Germany 1993 (discontinued) showing Gauss