Understanding log upload add-ons for large, medium, and small storage needs
For customers who purchase logs after August 2024, the default log search retention is set to seven days.
In this doc, we will cover log upload requirements for various retention periods:
- 10GB log upload requirement
- 100GB log upload requirement
- 500GB log upload requirement
- 1TB log upload requirement
10GB log upload requirement
Add-ons required for 10GB log uploads with various retention periods
Retention period | Add-ons needed for 10GB log uploads |
7 days | one 10GB add-on |
15 days | 2 x 10GB add-ons |
30 days | 4 x 10GB add-ons |
60 days | 8 x 10GB add-ons |
90 days | 12 X 10GB (or) 100GB+ 2 X 10GB |
100 GB log upload requirement
Add-ons required for 100GB log uploads with various retention periods
Retention period | Add-ons needed for 100GB log uploads |
7 days | one 100GB add-on |
15 days | 2 x 100GB add-ons |
30 days | 4 x 100GB add-ons |
60 days | 8 x100GB add-ons |
90 days | 12 X 100GB add-ons (or) 1TB add-on + 2 x100GB add-ons |
500GB log upload requirement
Add-ons required for 500GB log uploads with various retention periods
Retention period | Add-ons needed for 500GB log uploads |
7 days | 5 x 100GB add-ons |
15 days | 1TB add-ons |
| 2 x 1TB add-ons |
60 days | 4 x 1TB add-ons |
90 days | 6 x 1TB add-ons |
1TB log upload requirement
Add-ons required for 1TB log uploads with various retention periods
Retention period | Add-ons needed for 1TB log uploads |
| 7 days | one 1TB add-on |
15 days | 2 x 1TB add-ons |
30 days | 4 x 1TB add-ons |
60 days | 8 x 1TB add-ons |
| 90 days | 12 x 1TB add-ons |
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