What is the behaviour if I disable local log on Memory but also send log to Forticloud?

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March 6, 2020
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Hi Guy,

Just a tricky question.

I am using Fortigate 80C what has no local storage.

So the Log is stored in Ram as known.

Well, then I configure somethings like attached.

My question is,

In my opinion,

If I select the upload option as "Every 5 Minutes",

then these "5 Minutes logs" must be stored somewhere [-- Ram?] before sending it to the cloud.

And when I disable the Local Log on Ram, how does Fortigate handle these "5 Minutes logs"?

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ShawnZA

New Member

Your logs will be sent to the cloud every 5 minutes, probably saved in memory, not sure myself, but disabling the Local Log to memory will have no effect on the 5 minute setting, your logs will go out fine. Used to do that with a old 300C.

But I would just set it to upload in realtime in any case as that's what the documentation says you set it to if you want to upload to the cloud

PotatoAuthor

New Member

ShawnZA wrote:
Your logs will be sent to the cloud every 5 minutes, probably saved in memory, not sure myself, but disabling the Local Log to memory will have no effect on the 5 minute setting, your logs will go out fine. Used to do that with a old 300C.

But I would just set it to upload in realtime in any case as that's what the documentation says you set it to if you want to upload to the cloud

I wonder if the Disable Log on Memory + Real-time Logging is going to decrease the memory consuming by FortiOS.