Security Server Database tab

The Security Server database has an events table that stores access requests for all hosts. As the number of access requests increases, the table size increases. This can consume much disk space.

To keep the table size manageable, you can specify the file limit size. Do this by configuring the number of days and frequency at which to purge the data. The Security Server then purges the events table on a regular basis according to the user's parameters.

For example, you can configure the table to delete all entries that exceed a specific number of days.

To configure the limit, select the Automatically delete the records older that n day(s) every n hour(s). This feature is selected by default.

The default settings are:

  • For number of hours, the default is 8.
  • For number of days, the default is 7.

With the default settings, every 8 hours the system deletes all entries over 7 days of age.

This setting is saved in the security.ini file.

Note: When CLAPI is enabled and Security Server is started, Security Server calls CLAPI to enable all setting changes. When this operation is successful, it is unnecessary to restart Security Server. When CLAPI is disabled, or the previous operation has failed, you must restart Security Server to enable all setting updates.

Disk consumption management

This feature can resolve disk space issues for the Events table. Best practice is to monitor your disk consumption and adjust as necessary.

You can adjust the purge settings based on your real-time Events table data growth:

  • If data increases rapidly, then use a shorter day/time interval for purging the data.
  • If data increases too slow, then use a longer day/time interval for purging the data.

When this feature functions properly, the released disk space of the ..\integrator\security\data\cl_acls folder returns to the operating system.

If disk consumption is not an issue, then you can disable this feature at Server Administration > Security Server Database.