Question:
In order to prepare the database server I’d like to know the size (in GB) of the data volume and the archive volume needed for JobScheduler.
Answer:
The most important single factor here is theJobScheduler's log files. In turn, their size will depend on the following:
- The jobs themselves - How much information do they log?
- Your scheduling - How often will each job run?
- Your JobScheduler configuration - what log levels are set?
- Your housekeeping - How long do you want to keep your log files on your server?
You can do a quick sum once you have a basic idea of the numbers and then you can add on safety factors. To help you get a quick 'order of magnitude' idea of how much space you could require, a 'CheckDaysSchedule' job, one of the standard JITL Jobs JobScheduler uses to check what it has to do, typically has a log file size around 10KB.
Typical database volume sizes start at around 10 - 15 GB.
We recommend that you use our JITL Jobs by Topic: Housekeeping to regularly maintain the log files. Once these jobs have been put into place and a run for a cycle the database volume size will remain more or less constant until new jobs or job runs are configured.
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