Manager Database Maintenance; Capacity Planning - McAfee M-1250 - Network Security Platform Configuration Manual

McAfee® Network Security Platform 5.1

Manager database maintenance

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Figure 149: Maintenance tab under IPS Settings

Capacity planning

Every network has slight architectural differences that make each deployment unique.
When deploying a network IPS, you must take into consideration the following factors
when planning the capacity of your database:
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The following subsections provide useful information for determining the necessary
capacity for alerts and packet logs in your database.
Capacity planning in Manager
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historical trend of database space usage on a weekly and monthly basis, and also the rate
at which data is being inserted into your database. By analyzing the trend of the load
factors on your database and your hardware, you can set the threshold for the amount of
historical data that you wish to store at any given time.
Maintenance IPS Settings
tab under
Viewing Capacity Planning (on page 136): Displays information that helps you track
the historical trend of database space usage on a weekly and monthly basis.
Managing Alert Data Pruning (on page 140): Manage and allocate disk space for the
alerts that are stored in McAfee
Manager Pruning: (on page 142) Clear the attack and policy caches without restarting
the Manager.
Aggregate Alert and Packet Log Volume From All Sensors
A higher volume will require additional storage capacity.
Lifetime of Alert And Packet Log Data
your data for a long period of time (for example, one year) will require additional
storage capacity to accommodate both old and new data.
Capacity Planning
action in Manager displays information that helps you track the
enables the following actions:
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Network Security Manager (Manager) database.
: What is the volume in your network?
: How long should you archive an alert? Maintaining
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Managing IPS settings