Partitioning

The Email Log Database is segmented into partitions for easier data management. Depending on the time period covered by a report, your reporting tools may need to query multiple partitions. Running such reports may be inefficient.

By default, a new Email Log Database partition is created after 5 GB of data has been stored in a single partition. You can also configure Forcepoint Email Security to create a new partition based on a weekly or monthly time interval.

Review the size and content of the partitions in the database after your system has been installed and receiving data for a few days, then tune the partitioning configuration accordingly.

For information on managing partitions in Forcepoint Email Security, refer to “Configuring Log Database options” in Forcepoint Email Security Administrator Help.