Archive Config Tab (ST and LogLogic EVA only)
The Archive Config tab on the page appears only when running on an ST Model or LogLogic EVA. When active and disk space is needed, the archiver performs repeated archiving loops, checking which files should be archived first, if any, for each pass. The following settings are available for controlling this process:
| Setting | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
| Data files by time (oldest first) | Controls how many log data files should be archived per pass of the archiver, giving the highest priority to the oldest files. | 10 |
| Data files by size (largest first) | Controls how many log data files should be archived per pass of the archiver, giving the highest priority to the largest files.
The default value 0 indicates that archiving by size is turned off. |
0 |
| Index files (0 disables Index archiving) | Controls how many index folders are archived per pass of the archiver.
Setting this value to 0 disables index archiving. |
1 |
When using both of the data file settings at the same time, the archiver first moves the largest files, after which it moves the oldest files. The default is to always move the 10 oldest files per archiving pass.
As the index folders contain the indexed log data for many log data files, the setting for index files to archive per pass is typically much smaller than the settings for log data. The default ratio is 10 log files to 1 index folder per archiver pass.
Index Archiving
By default, both raw and indexed data is archived. Under some circumstances, an appliance might archive all indexed data to remote storage. If you want to optimize index searches and you have archiving enabled, you can disable index archiving to ensure that indexed data remains on local storage.