Hi Riaan,
Thanks for calling this out. Nothing has changed to the file deletion process.
GDPR and in particular article 17 “right to be forgotten” will affect most companies. Once GDPR comes into effect, companies must “without delay” respond to a “right to be forgotten” request; deleting all personal data of that individual, and this includes his or her personal data that is held on backups.
What I am saying is that the deletion process can be performed much faster and much more efficient on our appliances than on a tape-based system. If you use our appliances, then you have direct access to the backup images/ copies. You don’t have to retrieve and change backup tapes. The appliances also deliver a significant boost of the backup and recovery performance over a tape-based system.
I promoted the recently released NetBackup 5240 Appliance in my CTA, because it is our next-generation appliance in the 5200 series with improved performance, higher capacity and price-optimized storage.
Let me know if this answers your question?
Thanks,
Arjan
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