ADMINISTRATOR SECTION CHAPTER 2: CONFIGURING THE ER SERVER

NOTES: On a consolidated ER (CER), several of the statistics shown in a standard ER are not included since this information is not pertinent to the CER.

Though the database is backed up automatically each day, under certain circumstances you may need to perform a manual backup to the internal backup drive, and then save this data off site. (See the Server Menu Backup screen section for information on estab- lishing backup procedures, and backing up and restoring data on the ER Server.)

Expiration Screen Terminology

The following terminology is used on the Expiration screen:

Live - pertains to indexed data on the hard drive of the Server for the most recent weeks—the period designated as “live.” Indexed data includes pages and objects that were accessed by users on the Internet, as well as the indexes for these items.

When setting up the Server to store data, 8e6 recom- mends that you allocate the highest percentage possible for live data storage, since reports run faster if indexes are available for pages and objects.

If your Server is set up to store live data only (100 percent live data), you will be able to store less data than if you store both live and archive data, since indexes require additional storage space.

Archive - pertains to non-indexed data on the hard drive of the Server for the oldest weeks—the period desig- nated as “archive.” Non-indexed data might include pages and/or objects that were accessed by users on the Internet.

Since archive data contain no indexes, they occupy less space on the Server than live data—which include indexes and pages/objects. However, reports generated for periods of time with archive data take longer to process since indexes are not included for that data.

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