Scribd
Upload
197 views8 pages

Adaudit Plus Hard Disk Space Management

Hard disk space management is important as event logs from domains and servers grow over time. While adding more domains and servers increases resources, it also increases disk space needs. Calculating disk space requirements depends on factors like the number of users, days of logs retained, and average log size. Disk space alerts can notify administrators when free space falls below a threshold. Archiving older log data helps reduce disk usage while retaining logs for compliance and forensic needs. Proper disk space management is necessary to ensure an optimal auditing environment.

Uploaded by

Shyam Ji Sahu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
197 views8 pages

Adaudit Plus Hard Disk Space Management

Hard disk space management is important as event logs from domains and servers grow over time. While adding more domains and servers increases resources, it also increases disk space needs. Calculating disk space requirements depends on factors like the number of users, days of logs retained, and average log size. Disk space alerts can notify administrators when free space falls below a threshold. Archiving older log data helps reduce disk usage while retaining logs for compliance and forensic needs. Proper disk space management is necessary to ensure an optimal auditing environment.

Uploaded by

Shyam Ji Sahu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 8

Hard Disk Space

Management
Hard Disk Space Management
As events occur across Domains & Servers, the event logs get filled with data, that are processed for meaningful information (reports /
forensics) and later archived (save disk space & historical reporting); the disk space required to store the ever growing event log data is
unique & depends on the number of domain controllers, file servers, workstations...

Don't for one second think we advice you to refrain from adding DCs & Servers.....
However, with increased resources come, increased need for disk space and we will do our best to suggest the most optimum RAM, mini-
mum disk space and event log settings and in turn ensuring the apt auditing environment.

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Active Directory Auditing

File Server Auditing

Disk Space Alerts

01
Hardware Requirements

Hardware Recommended
Processor P4 - 1.5 GHz

RAM 2 GB

Disk Space 20 GB

Software Requirements

Supported Microsoft Windows Operating Systems

Windows XP | Windows Vista | Windows 7 | Windows 8 | Windows 8.1 | Windows Server 2003 | Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2012 | Windows Server 2012 R2

Supported Browsers

Internet Explorer 6 and above| Firefox 2.0 and above| Chrome


Preferred screen resolution : 1024 x 768 pixels or higher

Supported Platforms

Active Directory 2000 and above | Windows File Server 2003 and above
NetApp Filer - Data ONTAP 7.2 and above | EMC Storage Systems - VNX, VNXe and Celerra
Windows Failover Cluster with SAN

02
Disk Space Requirement
The hard disk requirements computation for Active Directory Auditing & File Server Auditing are detailed in the tables below.
The numbers reached are with a simple calculation based on the number of users, number of days and the approx size of an event log.

Active Directory Auditing

Number of Users No of Days Total Size

1 1 15 Kb

10000 90 15 * 10000 * 90=


13500000 Kb (13 GB)

For example, let us imagine the below scenario:

No of Domain Controllers : 5 | No of users : 10000 | No of Days : 90


Average log size : 15 kb

Disc Space : Average Log Size * No of Users * No of Days


: 15 kb * 10000 * 90 = 13500000 (12.8 GB)

Archive : (Average Log Size * No of Users * No of Days) / 10


: (12.8 GB) / 10

As the 'Archived' logs will be zipped, the folder size will reduce by 90%,
making the zipping ratio as 10:1.

Total Disc Space = Archive (1.28 GB) + 12.8 GB (Approx for 15 kb * 10000 Users * 90)

03
File Server Auditing

Number of Users No of Files No of Days Total Size

1 1 1 4 Kb

100 1 1 400 Kb

100 100 1 40000 Kb (40MB)

100 100 90 40000 * 90= 3.5 GB

100 100 720 (2yrs) 40000 * 720 = 29 GB

Disc Space : Average Log Size * No of Users * No of Files * No of Days


Archive : (Average Log Size * No of Users * No of Files * No of Days) / 10

As the 'Archived' logs will be zipped, the folder size will reduce by 90%, making the zipping
ratio as 10:1.

Total Disc Space = Archive + Disk Space

04
Tips to keep disk space on check
Disk Space Alerts
An administrator can configure a threshold value for free disc space. When the free space on the Server goes below
the threshold, an alert will be sent to the configured email address.

i. Check size of ev_temp & temp folder & ensure it is empty or having very few files.

ii. Check logs folder size is not more than 1 GB.

Data Archiving
Data archiving in ADAudit Plus allows organizations to archive processed audit data to an archive folder by compressing the files
to a zip format at the intervals mentioned, ensuring forensic and compliance requirements. The 'days' (image below) refers to
the no of days the event log data is stored in the Active Database.

For Technical Assistance: Email : ADAudit Plus Support | DID : +1-408-916-9891 | Toll Free+1-888-720-9500

05
Advantages of ADAudit Plus Auditing

Events Monitoring
Track every Active Directory & Servers modifications by Admin, Users, Helpdesk, HR etc.

Archive Data
Archive AD event data for Security and Forensics.

Dashboard View
Single view of all critical audit data for configured domains.

32 bit | 64 bit
Support for both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows platforms.

Reports & Alerts


View pre-configured reports and set email alerting for changes to monitored folders / files.

Export Reports & Meet Compliance


Meet PCI, SOX, GLBA, FISMA, HIPAA Compliance with audit reports in XLS, CSV, PDF and HTML formats.

IT Auditors
Logins for IT Auditors with reports view only.

Important Features
Here, only the important features are listed, for the many, many more features experience
an Online Demo of ADAudit Plus.

06
For more information drop a mail at
support@adauditplus.com

For more details logon to


www.adauditplus.com

You might also like