NDW Server version 4.5
Note: This software is FREE for personel use.
Network Data Wiping verion 4.5 software is released free of charge and is limited to 25 hard disks.
You can wipe upto 25 hard disk drives Free of charge. After this limit software will cease to function.
Installation and User Guide is available as Microsoft Word Document at sourceforge project page.
Kindly Follow the Guide available at below URL.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/network-hard-disk-data-wiping/files/NDW_Rel_4.5/
Following modification and improvements has been made to the software release 4.5.
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Modified version Release Date: 16 October 2022
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New and Improved OS kernel, able to PXE boot all newer model processors
PXE boot issues fixed
HDD detection Issues fixed
NVME / Fiber / SAS storage issues fixed
New and Improved User Interface / Graphical user Interface
Data Wiping Throughput Improved Performance
Data wiping workstation performance data dashboards
Bulk thermal Labels printing features added
New and Modified Architecture
Improved Database design
Better performance in terms of data wiping throughput
HDD smart data collection and reporting improvements
HDD failure detection improvements
and many more new features added.
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New Features Added in Release 4.5 Modified version Date Released: 07 February 2020
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Kernel 5.5 is used for improved security and reliability
Fixed netboot issues
UEFI Booting fixed
PXE Boot issues fixed
Lenovo, IBM and various other laptops / desktops HDD were failing to wipe, Fixed in this version.
NDW core improvements
Improved Responsiveness of the application
Malfunction in Smart data of HDD collection and storage is fixed
OS kernel has been patched and updated
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New splash screens added
Wrong Date and Time NDW client Workstation issue fixed.
Correct Date and Time synchronization to Hardware clock of the client machine feature introduced
Data Wiping / Erasing Stability features added
Human readable erasing / wiping throughput
Wiping Software completely redesigned and rewritten and added several 100 features
Bad HDD detection features added
HDD wiping failure detection features added
New Graphical User Interface GUI introduced on the NDW client / workstation machines
Automated Rotating GUI for the client / workstation machines.
Smart Tests Functions added
Live and Realtime data erasure progress circle bars introduced
Rounds and Passes progress bars and circles introduced
GUI Stability introduced incase of BAD HDD.
New and improved automated grading of HDDs based on health of HDD.
Age of the HDD feature, eg hours each HDD used introduced
Realtime and Live progress of each system currently wiping introduced "Management Console Feature"
Realtime and Live progress of each Hard Disk Drive introduced "Management Console Feature"
Bundle Data Erasure Certificates export to PDF file feature introduced
Summary Data Erasure Certificate export to PDF file feature introduced
Dashboards to monitor the entire network progress
Dashboards to monitor the status and progress of each system participating in data wiping.
Dashboards to monitor the status and progress of all Hard Disk Drives participating in data wiping.
Dashboards to monitor the status, view the progress and comprehensive details for each HDD.
Dashboards to monitor HDD failures
Dashboards to monitor Systems failures
and so much more.
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New Features Added in Release 3.5 25 January 2018
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Kabylake processors supported
Skylake processors supported
UEFI BIOS support
UEFI Network Boot
Apple MAC BSDP Network
Latest kernel 4.14
NFS booting
Mass data erasure certificate printing
Summary Data erasure certificate printing
Enchanced printing support
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Automation – user should not touch the keyboard or a mouse to use this solution, other than boot workstations via network.
Friendly GUI – A web based Graphical User Interface, can be accessed via any browser, IOS and Android compatible.
Database – This solution is database driven and all data collected from HDDs are stored in a central database, that can be further integrated with third party ERP or your existing management software.
Data Reporting – Creates automated reports for HDD Wipes
Certificates of Erasure – Automatically generate printable certificate of data erasure
Mini self-adhesive certificates – A small self-adhesive sticker is automatically printed upon successful wipe, that can be attached to the hard disk drive. This sticker contains HDD Size, HDD Type and name, model number, serial number, wiped date, algorithm used to wipe the HDD, and wipe status.
On Demand mini self-adhesive certificate printing – Sometimes you may lose a barcode label or is torn away from the HDD, in these cases you can scan hdd serial number into GUI and it will let you reprint the barcode label.
ZPL Printing support – All ZPL compatible printers such as Zebra, UPS, Citizen and other are supported for barcode label printing. You don’t have to install any drivers, ZPL printers are supported as plug and play, and your printer will work out of the box as long as it has USB port. Serial printers are not supported.
Automated Grading of HDD – We all know HDDs have mechanical spindles and lots of moving parts, there is a tear and wear as the drive ages. Amongst worst wear and tear are the bad sectors, grading of the HDD is done on case by case basis. If the HDD has greater than 0 current pending sectors that drive is considered B Grade otherwise drive is A Grade.
Automated Health Reporting – Reporting of health such as CRC erros, drive spin up time, drive temperature at the time of wiping, reallocated sectors, pending reallocated sectors, UDMA CRC errors, quality of drive such as power cycle counts and various other information are reported. This information can be downloaded as Excel spreadsheet or printed.
Capacity – This solution is capable of wiping hard disk drives from 65,450 network attached computers concurrently. Each computer may have multiple hard drives. Calculated capacity of the single NDW server is 2,00,000 hard disk drives concurrently. Capacity is dependent on network speed, faster the network more the capacity.
API and Third Party integration – API “Application Protocol” and integration with third party is possible and it is only available on demand.
Application Customization – If you want to introduce more features or wanting the application to do more and the way you want, this is possible and can be achieved by customizing the application according to your needs. Please contact us and we will look into your needs.
Free version vs Paid version – Free version is limited to 10 hard disk wipes, after this limit is reached software will cease to function and you will no longer be able to use the software or access the GUI. However, paid version allows you to wipe unlimited number of HDDs for infinite period.
Copyrights (You are allowed to make any changes to this software)
You can obtain the Sourcecode of this software using following methods.
1. Sourcecode in raw format is available in /src directory
2. Sourcecode is available in /var/www/html and /root directory after ISO is successfully installed.
3. Request author to provide customized or raw source code.
License: This software is released with license. OSI-Approved Open Source » GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 3.0 (LGPLv3)
Original Date released: 19 April 2018
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NDW_Server-Rel_2.0.iso (1.3 GB)
