Storage data deletion management system and apparatus

A media sanitization server comprising:

• a processor in communication with a media comprising a controller and a storage device, the storage device having a data area and an internal area, the processor configured to:
• instruct the controller of the media to:
• initiate a command to erase the data area and the internal area of the storage device of the media;
• and
• verify that at least a portion of the data area and at least a portion of the internal area of the storage device has been erased;
• generate a certificate of media sanitization (CoS) of the media, and
• register an entry representative of the CoS of the media in a distributed ledger,
• wherein
• the storage device is configured to store data received from a host external to the storage device only in the data area, and
• the storage device is configured to store operational data in the internal area for the operation of the storage device, and further configured to not store data received from the host.

A solid state drive (SSD) comprising:

• a storage device comprising a data area and an internal area, the data area configured to store only data received from a host external to the storage device and the internal area configured to store operational data for the operation of the storage device, and the internal area is further configured to not store data received from the host;
• and
• a controller communicatively coupled to the storage device, the controller configured to:
• execute a command to erase the data area and the internal area of the storage device;
• verify that at least a portion of the data area and at least a portion of the internal area of the storage device has been erased;
• generate a certificate of media sanitization (CoS) of the media;
• and
• transmit, to a media sanitization server, an entry representative of the CoS for registration in a distributed ledger or database.

A sanitization system comprising:

• a plurality of sanitization servers, each coupled to a node of a plurality of nodes communicatively coupled together in a peer-to-peer network;
• and
• a plurality of media comprising a controller and a storage device, each controller in communication with a sanitization server of the plurality of sanitization servers, wherein each sanitization server is configured to:
• instruct a controller of a media that is in communication with the server to:
• initiate a command to a erase data area and an internal area of the storage device;
• and
• verify that at least a portion of the data area and at least a portion of the internal area of the storage device has been erased;
• generate a certificate of media sanitization (CoS) of the media;
• and
• register an entry representative of the CoS of the media in a distributed ledger that is in communication with the plurality of nodes of the peer-to-peer network,
• wherein
• the storage device is configured to store data received from a host external to the storage device only in the data area, and
• the storage device is configured to store operational data in the internal area for the operation of the storage device, and further configured to not store data received from the host.