Comment by cuu508
13 hours ago
> Encrypted disks is a requirement because I don't trust the facility to wipe disks properly.
Couldn't you wipe the disks yourself?
Or are you thinking of cases where the disk breaks, gets replaced, and the removed disk does not get properly destroyed?
Sometimes yes, but if there's a hardware issue, I may not be able to.
Ex: the first server I had failed and they ended up replacing it with a different server with similar specs, but the drives werem't moved. In this case, the failure was gradual (resetting by itself) and as part of debugging it, I wiped the drives and installed a new OS, but towards the end, the amount of time between resets was very short, and I wouldn't have had a chance to wipe it if I had started later.
Yes, this isn't great service, but it's personal hosting and it's cheap and I get a whole (very old) machine.