Archive Settings

The Archive Settings page provides options to configure how and where logs received by Log Center are archived. Use the options below to specify the storage location and rules to automatically create archives of logs.

Storage destination for archives

The destination refers to the folder where logs received by Log Center are stored and archived. Click Select location to choose the folder.

If you want the local logs of the Synology NAS to be archived to the same destination, tick the box marked Archive local logs to the storage location specified above. In most cases, this provides more storage space for local logs, allowing you to maintain more complete system logs.

Note:

Local logs (System, Connection, and File Transfer logs) are saved in a system partition that has limited storage. By enabling Archive local logs to the storage location specified above, all logs will be archived in the specified destination according to Archive rules. To browse archived local logs, click Open log archive and select SYNOSYSLOGDB__LOCALARCH.DB.

Archive rules

Logs are automatically archived according to the criteria defined in the Archive rules section. Logs can be automatically archived when the size of the log database reaches a specified size, the number of individual logs reaches a specified number, or logs reach a specified age.

If you did not enable archive log function, previous log will be deleted when accumulated log exceeds log database's maximum retainable log number. Please refer to the table below to see each protocol's maximum retainable log number.

Protocol	Maximum Retainable Log
AFP	20,000
File Station	20,000
FTP	20,000
SMB	100,000
WebDAV	20,000

Archive format

This section includes the following options.

Archive logs as text format in addition to default format: Saves archives as a plain text files in addition to the default SQLite files.
Compress log archives: Saves log archives as compressed ZIP format files.
Archive logs separately according to device: Saves separate archives for individual client devices that send logs to the Synology NAS.

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