About Summary Data in Reports

These reports are constructed from the most current available summary data. In order to create summary data, the GMS Reporting Module must parse the raw data files.

When configuring GMS Reporting using the screens on the Console panel under Reports, you can select the amount of summary information to store. These settings affect the database size, be sure there is adequate disk space to accommodate the settings you choose.

Additionally, you can select the number of days that raw syslog data is stored. The raw data is made up of information for every connection. Depending on the amount of traffic, this can quickly consume an enormous amount of space in the database. Be very careful when selecting how much raw information to store. As of GMS 7.0, Summarizer processing applies to CDP appliances, only.