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Cannot view farther than 1 month back for a utilization chart in NTA

Can anyone assist with:

1) How do I view farther than 1 month back for a utilization line chart I have on one of my interfaces for a node? The chart shows distinguished lines for 1 month back then fades away to dots. There is a scroller on the bottom of the chart which I can go farther back past a month but I get nothing on the chart. I'm thinking that my history is set to hold information for only the past month which would lead me to my next question...

2) How do I change the holding period for history? Right now I'm assuming it's only for 1 month back but how do I do it for 3-months back or longer? Also, what will the impact be regarding performance on my database and/or web console?

Thank you in advance.

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mesverrum

On the NTA settings page there is an option near the bottom for database settings that includes the retention period.

In terms of how it impacts things, the netflow database holds everything at 1 minute granularity for the full retention period, if you triple the period you triple the size of that database. If you run a report for 90 days of data you should expect it to take about 3x longer to render than the 30 day you have been looking at.

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mesverrum

On the NTA settings page there is an option near the bottom for database settings that includes the retention period.

kange0010

Hi mesverrum,

Thank you for the prompt response. I found the Retention period in settings. I also pressed the "CALCULATE" button and it displayed my current size as 3.2 GB. So if I change my retention period to 90 days, will my current size be increased to 9.6 GB (3.2 * 3 = 9.6)? In regards to performance, will my web console load pages slower? I am not too concerned about my 90-day report taking longer to display but rather the impact this change will have on my web console, loading of pages, etc.

mesverrum

10 gb is a small netflow db, i wouldn't worry about anything until you are north of 50gb. With fast storage performance is acceptable at larger sizes