Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim Chapman discusses the perils of not handling SQL Server log growth ...

Linux system log files are by default set to rotate. Depending on the age or size, a sequence of files moves back a step, the oldest being removed and a new one taking over as the current log file.

IIS 5.0 offers four options to log your Web server activity. You select these from the Active Log Format drop-down list, highlighted in yellow in Figure A.

Do an inventory. List all devices that have log files, the reason for the log file, the names and locations of the log files, log formats, possible events, current and maximum log file sizes, and ...

What is a log management database? Log management databases are special cases of time-series databases.The information arrives in a steady stream of ordered events, and the log files record them.