# Audit log space requirements

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/audit-log-space-requirements/39303>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 2, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/audit-log-space-requirements/39303 "2020-10-02T12:57:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![vrautomation](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/vrautomation/32/11155_2.png) [@vrautomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vrautomation)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/audit-log-space-requirements/39303/1 "2020-10-02T12:57:18Z")

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I just created an Internal Audit log.

Do I need to worry about the space required on disk?

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**Author:** ![code\_skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@code\_skin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/code_skin)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/audit-log-space-requirements/39303/2 "2020-10-02T14:05:44Z")

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That would depend on the size of your disk and how fast the logs grows.

> [@vrautomation](#):
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> Do I need to worry about the space required on disk?

I personally would.  
Depending on the audit type you setup the Internal type has a retention setting that will purge records from the local SQLite. If you setup a Database type then it would be up to the database admin to manage this.