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File Access Audit on File Server tmimmo 06-20-2007
Posted by tmimmo on June 20, 2007, 4:59 pm
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Hi,
due to regulations we have to monitor any access to the files stored
on our file server. At the first glance i thought no problem - use
windows tools and every thing is ok. But the problem is now that there
are too much log messages. So the server performance is going down in
case of activated windows logging.

Are there possiblities in windows (or some external tools) to set up a
highly performable file access audit?

At least we need the following information:
- Username
- File + Path
- Timestamp

best regards,
robin


Posted by Steve Gould on June 21, 2007, 2:12 pm
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Robin,

Where is your performance being affected? Is it CPU or Disk performance? If
it is disk performance then you could move your log files to a different
spindle dedicated to log files only... Some of my servers are set up that
way for that very purpose.

Steve



> Hi,
> due to regulations we have to monitor any access to the files stored
> on our file server. At the first glance i thought no problem - use
> windows tools and every thing is ok. But the problem is now that there
> are too much log messages. So the server performance is going down in
> case of activated windows logging.
>
> Are there possiblities in windows (or some external tools) to set up a
> highly performable file access audit?
>
> At least we need the following information:
> - Username
> - File + Path
> - Timestamp
>
> best regards,
> robin
>



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