Purge Result Details

Use this page to review the results for a recurring purge job.

General Purge Job Information:

Field

Description

Recurring Purge Job

The name of the recurring purge job.

Status

The recurring purge job's status.

Job Duration

The duration of the purge job (displayed in hours and minutes).

Database Section:

Field

Description

Number of events purged

Quantity of events purged during the job.

Space used before purge

Amount of space the database occupied before the purge (in MB).

Space used after the purge

Amount of space the database occupies following the purge (in MB).

Space saved

Amount of space freed during the purge (in MB).

Percent space saved

Percentage of hard drive space saved when comparing the Space used after the purge and the Space saved values. This is an approximate figure as the system continues to log events while the purge is being performed.

Settings Section:

Field

Description

Started

Date and time the purge job commenced (server time).

Ended

Date and time the purge job ended (server time).

Purge events older than

Minimum age of events (integer representing days) that the job purged. Only events older than the specified number were eligible for deletion.

Maximum purge duration

Maximum number of minutes that the purge job was set to run. The purge terminates when the number of minutes expires and the system finishes the current batch it is purging.

Batch size

Number of rows set to be included in each batch operation.