Proxmox Erase VM Standard

[dpsw12]

Hello guys, when remove or delete vm from proxmox is it comlply to NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1?

Thanks.

 

[gurubert]

No, I don't think so as the VM images will just be deleted by whatever call the storage provides.

I.e. qcow2 images will be "rm"ed, RBD images will be deleted one object at a time etc.

 

[dpsw12]

No, I don't think so as the VM images will just be deleted by whatever call the storage provides.

I.e. qcow2 images will be "rm"ed, RBD images will be deleted one object at a time etc.

so it's just normal erase the qcow2 images still recoverable?

 

[gurubert]

If the images are recoverable depends on the underlying filesystem and the changes made after the deletion.

 

[Dunuin]

It also really depends on the drives used. There is no way to securely delete stuff from a SSD except for initializing a "secure erase" which will wipe the entire SSD. And even then you have to trust the manufacturer that the firmware will really delete everything. I personally like to encrypt everything. If you don't want a VM anymore, you can delete it and throw away the key. The encrypted data is then still on the storage but no one can make use of it as the encryption key doesn't exist anymore.