Re: Wiping object content on removal

[Igor Fedotov <ifedotov@mirantis.com>]

Hi Gregory,

On 23.11.2015 18:52, Gregory Farnum wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 8:42 AM, Igor Fedotov <ifedotov@mirantis.com> wrote:
>> Hi Cephers.
>>
>> Does Ceph have an ability to wipe object content during one's removal?
>> Surely one can do that manually from the client but I think that's
>> ineffective and not 100% secure.
>>
>> If no - what's about adding such feature to Ceph?
>>   I can start working on that.
> Wipe object content during removal of what? The OSD? Or are you
> talking about secure erase of object data instead of unlinking files?
I meant secure object removal.

> I'm not sure if any of that is really more interesting than just
> enabling disk encryption...
> -Greg
I agree that encryption is more secure but it consumes much more CPU 
resources.

Thanks,
Igor