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Lgab_siem
Copper Contributor
Aug 06, 2020

Estimate log volume from Application

Hi,

I would like to do an estimation of the logs volume generated from Applications to ingest. In order to Reserve  a capacity considering some Application like AntiVirus, Data Base, ...

Is there a procedure to do that? Some calculator online?
thank you

Lgab

  • mergene's avatar
    mergene
    Brass Contributor

    Lgab_siem Log analytics workspaces have usage table where you can see how much data you are ingesting. I would recommend sending logs for a week and checking the usage for calculation. 

  • HI Lgab_siem , there's online tools out there that will give you an estimation depending on the log sources. For example: https://siemsizingcalculator.logpoint.com/

     

    If you want to monitor a custom built application, I would suggest to redirect the logs to disk and see the size of them over a 24 hour period...that should give you a good idea.

     

    Regards

  • GaryBushey's avatar
    GaryBushey
    Bronze Contributor

    Lgab_siem So far the only thing I found is an estimation of how much data Azure AD creates per person.  I have not seen anything else.  Hopefully something will come along in the near future as that is a big ask of my customers as well.

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