If you usually keep a known amount of hard-drive space clear, and suddenly find your system running low on space, a problem with the way the system handles log files may be to blame. You can use a ...

OS X includes a number of tools that can be useful for troubleshooting purposes. Console, which you’ll find in the Applications -> Utilities folder, is one such tool. Console is a front-end for all ...

So we had an issue in our environment where backups failed several nights in a row and log files built up to the point that the drive was down to 6GB free [of 8TB] at the point where I was notified ...

DISM is a useful utility. In addition to repairing corrupted system image files, you can also use the DISM tool for other purposes, like installing, uninstalling, updating, and configuring Windows ...

No matter how large or small your streaming media infrastructure is, it’s critical to know how it’s performing. In fact, your existence is probably intimately tied to how well your system is working.

On the one hand, you’ve got the “classic” EVT log file format of Windows Server 2003 and earlier. Then you’ve got the newer, XML-based EVTX lot file format of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, ...

Because of both the rising cost of security incidents and a host of recent regulatory changes, enterprises can no longer afford to overlook the value of their log files. Particularly on the regulatory ...

Whenever I have a mystery to uncover about lost storage space, I fire up DaisyDisk, a disk-usage visualization app. While the $9.99 price tag may seem steep for its purpose of plotting out what is ...

Any system can collect logs, but most security operations do a poor job of filtering them to find evidence of malicious activity. Here's where to start Most malicious computer attacks leave telltale ...