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Log retention projection

As sysadmins we are often asked to keep logs for a minimum of X days (in my case 90 days is the requirement).

LEM keeps logs for as long as you have disk space.

I would like LEM to give a Log retention projection based on current daily growth.

In its simplest form it could say:

The last 24 hours created 1.2Gb of logs

Based on the size of the last 24 hours of logs we estimate you can keep 76 days worth of log files

To keep 90 days of logs at current rate please increase the appliance disk space by at least 12Gb

We as sys-admins can then tick some important boxes for ISO 27001 etc...